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Anning wins historic world indoor 400m gold for GB

Related Topics: Amber Anning, Alexis Holmes

Updated 43 minutes ago

Amber Anning announced herself on the global stage by becoming Great Britain's first women's 400m champion at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

At the beginning of her first season as a professional athlete, the 24-year-old clocked 50.60 seconds to edge a dramatic race to the line against American Alexis Holmes.

It is only two weeks since Anning was left devastated at the European indoors, where her medal bid was ended by a disqualification for a lane infringement.

But she held her nerve following a mid-race shove from Holmes before measuring her final effort to perfection to claim her first international title in Nanjing, China.