REEKIE ON A BIT OF A ROLL

JEMMA REEKIE extended her winning streak with another dominant display over 800metres last night at the Janusza Kusocinski Memorial meeting in Chorzow. And, after topping the world rankings indoors with a ferocious run in Glasgow in February, the 22-year-old delivered the fastest time of 2020 in the open air of 1:58.63, demolishing her outdoor personal best on the Polish leg of the Continental Tour. Once again, the Scot scattered her rivals with bullet-like speed on the closing lap, easing clear to finish almost a second and a half in front of home favourite Sofia Ennaoui. Remarkably, it was a third win inside seven days on this tour of Europe. And it proved beyond doubt that Reekie is a genuine contender for Olympic gold, whether in Tokyo next year or Paris beyond. Her coach Andy Young has placed her on a relentlessly upward trajectory and Reekie says a change of focus towards pure racing has been key. ‘In the past I’ve probably tried to run personal bests,’ she revealed. ‘Andy told me to forget that and just try to win races and that worked. I finally listened to him.’ Jake Wightman faded to fifth in the men’s 800m in 1:46.11. The Scot, who became the fourth-fastest European over 1500m in Monaco earlier this month, ran out of steam as Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot claimed victory. Meanwhile, Eilish McColgan finished seventh in a rare 800m outing at last night’s BMC Grand Prix in Trafford as UK indoor champion Keely Hodgkinson won in 2:04.15.