Redemption for Scottish pair
AS the script of the 3000 metres final unfolded at the world indoor trials in Sheffield, a feelgood story burst forth from the page.
Steph Twell and Jo Moultrie have battled against the frailties of their own bodies, the former’s brittle ankle and the latter’s irregular heartbeat providing each with crosses to bear.
As the Scottish duo hit the front together in the final, it became a tale of redemption and renewal.
Twell, bursting clear, has never looked better in emerging from the tumult that surrounded multiple surgeries and the anguish of missing London 2012.
Twell’s confidence and form has reached a new level and she will be a formidable foe in her transatlantic tour. “It was incredible,” she said. “Coming into a trial, you don’t know what kind of time you’re going to run. It wasn’t even about the time here, it was about securing the title.”
Trailing behind, but also inside the qualifying time required for a place in Portland next month, Moultrie felt the elation of what had been overcome, even inside the seven days, and what rewards are now in store.
“I was on a monitor last week,” the 26-year-old Glaswegian revealed. “And I have stress tests on a treadmill this week.
“I’m still getting all the tests and that does affect you a bit. But I’m concentrating on achieving what I want to.”