Tomer Tarragano ended his 2024 season in some model with a photograph end victory over Tom Eager in Battersea (December 31).
On the year-ending Podium Battersea New Years Eve 5k meet, Tarragano – winner of final yr’s Liverpool Cross Problem – clocked 13:49.0 to Eager’s 13:49.3.
It marked the top of a memorable few weeks for Tarragano, who trains on the College of Birmingham, after he completed nineteenth within the senior males’s race on the European Cross Nation Championships in Turkey.
Not solely was Tarragano the third quickest Brit within the discipline – a race gained by Jakob Ingebrigtsen – however he was additionally a part of the British squad that secured a crew bronze within the occasion.
Tarragano, after claiming a dramatic victory over 5km in Battersea, spoke to AW about how a lot he’s progressed over the previous few months and why 2025 may very well be much more particular.
Tomer Tarragano and Tom Eager (Graham Smith)
“I feel all of that is testomony to the arduous work we’ve put on this yr,” the 23-year-old stated. “I went to Font-Romeu in March and since then we’ve been stacking up the miles.
“I feel I’ve taken a step up and it’s come at an vital time. You will get misplaced popping out of the junior age teams and into the seniors so you need to be ready once you come up towards the large boys. It may be robust to compete however I really feel like I’ve hit the bottom working.
“It’s nice to coach [under Dean Miller] on the College of Birmingham. There’s clearly been lots of success over the previous couple of months and it was an enormous day for the crew in Liverpool. We’ve had some actually profitable seasons now and everybody from Dean and Luke [Gunn] to the supporting employees has carried out a tremendous job.”
Revée Walcott-Nolan (Graham Smith)
Revée Walcott-Nolan, who represented Nice Britain over 1500m on the Paris Olympics, noticed off Poppy Tank to take the plaudits within the senior ladies’s 5km.
The 29-year-old clocked 15:39 to Tank’s 15:44, with the pair battling it out for a lot of the race.
It was a memorable season for Walcott-Nolan, who, after clocking 3:58.08 on the Video games, turned simply the ninth British feminine athlete to run beneath 4 minutes for 1500m.
That point noticed Walcott-Nolan additionally place ninth in a high-quality 1500m semi-final within the French capital.
Revée Walcott-Nolan, Georgia Bell and Laura Muir (Getty)
Earlier on final yr, she completed sixth within the 1500m remaining on the World Indoor Championships.
Domestically, Walcott-Nolan positioned second and third respectively on the nationwide indoor and out of doors championships.
“I learnt loads from the Paris Olympics,” Walcott-Nolan advised AW, after her victory in Battersea. “I feel I may’ve ran higher although so I’m form of on the fence about it in all honesty! I actually loved competing in that setting although.
“Coaching has been going very well in the intervening time and in comparison with this time final yr I’m loads additional on. It’s nearly staying constant now. I simply wish to run quicker, make extra groups and win some medals.”
Within the Mizuno mile race, Jack Higgins simply noticed off Tom Dodd in what was one more shut encounter, with the pair clocking 4:37.65 and 4:37.90 respectively.
Holly Dixon was the main feminine athlete and ran 4:45.90, whereas Jorjia March’s 4:50.90 was a British under-15 greatest over the mile.
All of the athletes on the Podium Battersea New Years Eve 5k meet ran on a course that mixed each the observe and the paths within the park.
Tons of of spectators got here out to observe and so they lined up only a lane or two away from the athletes by the end line, creating the thrilling ambiance that’s synonymous with Podium 5k occasions.
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