After making the Olympic podium on her debut at Paris 2024, and edging training partner Hodgkinson to world 800m silver in September, Hunter Bell’s remarkable journey to the top of the sport is complete.
A prodigiously talented junior, Hunter Bell has made rapid improvement since re-establishing contact with coach Trevor Painter after repeated injuries and a move to America caused her to fall out of love with the sport.
Co-coach Jenny Meadows has not been allowed to forget her initial response when husband Painter informed her that Hunter Bell had got back in touch. “Well, that ship has sailed”, was her reply.
“This time two years ago I was working in tech sales, now I’m a world champion,” Hunter Bell told BBC Sport.
“I felt like the area I needed to progress in was coming into a championships, being the favourite and winning. It is such a relief.”
