World Indoor Champion Hunter Bell Beaten In Melbourne

Great Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell was beaten successful nan 1500m successful Melbourne successful her first title since she was crowned women's world indoor champion.

The 32-year-old arrived astatine nan Maurie Plant Meet successful Australia little than a week aft she stormed to her first world indoor title successful Poland.

But she was incapable to summon her trademark finishing burst arsenic Australian Claudia Hollingsworth, 20, made her move 200m from nan decorativeness statement and clocked a winning clip of 4 minutes 1.30 seconds, 0.22secs up of Hunter Bell.

"It was astonishing being successful a title pinch this level of girls and beating Georgia," said Hollingsworth, who group a grounds clip for nan meet.

Saturday's outdoor arena marked nan first of 11 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meetings, which is nan level beneath nan Diamond League.

Elsewhere, rising Australian sprinter Gout Gout, 18, vanished 2nd successful nan men's 200m, 0.05secs down world team-mate Lachlan Kennedy, 25, who won successful a clip of 20.38.