17-year-old storms into Olympic team
Phoebe qualified for Paris in a time of 1min 58.67seconds
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A 17-year-old has qualified for the GB athletics team in the 2024 Paris Olympics after an impressive win at the UK Athletics Championships.
It was only last month that Phoebe Gill was noticed on the athletics scene as she clocked the second-fastest time in history for an under-18.
And now, she has won the 800 metre final of the Olympic trials.
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Phoebe beat huge stars of the athletics world
Phoebe is currently at sixth form, studying for her A-Levels next year.
But now, it looks like her summer just got a bit more exciting!
Phoebe will be racing in Paris alongside some of her idols in the world of athletics, and can't believe her achievement.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a whirlwind,鈥 Phoebe said.
鈥淚 still feel like I鈥檓 in a dream. I can鈥檛 think of another way to describe it. It鈥檚 just unbelievable that this is happening."
1500m world champion Josh Kerr fell in the home straight and was beaten to gold by Ben Pattison
Meanwhile, there was some drama in the men's 800m when Josh Kerr fell in the home straight and was beaten to gold by Ben Pattison.
Dina Asher-Smith ran a British championships record of 22.18sec to win the women鈥檚 200m.
And there was a shock in the women鈥檚 1500m when the Olympic silver medalist, Laura Muir, finished 颅second behind Georgia Bell.
The 2024 Olympic Games start in Paris on 26 July.
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