Melissa Courtney-Bryant Rolls The Dice In Monaco…..And Lands A 30-Year-old British Record

By Gareth James

Melissa Courtney-Bryant shattered the British 2000metres record  with another storming display in Monaco.

The Welsh middle distance ace took almost a second off the mark set by Yvonne Murray 30 years ago.

Courtney-Bryant clocked 5:26.08 – also adding another Welsh record to her collection – as she finished second to Australia’s Jessica Hull who clocked a world record 5:19.70.

5:26.08 British Record for Melissa Courtney Bryant pic.twitter.com/2LuU72cCs5

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“Jessica is just an amazing athlete,” said Courtney-Bryant, who agonisingly missed out on selection for the Olympic Games in the 1500m.

“I wanted to be brave. I was as brave as I could have been. I put myself out there.”

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Hull took almost two seconds off the world record at the Diamond League meeting to continue her Paris countdown.

Courtney-Bryant’s record breaking run comes just days after she claimed the scalp of double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan over 1500m in Holland.