Gillick back in mix and fancied to win again

JUST when he found himself resigned to skipping the indoor season altogether, European indoor 400m champion David Gillick finds himself back in the mix as favourite to retain his title in Birmingham this weekend.

The 23-year-old Dubliner who left the red hot race favourite David Canal for dead in the rush for the line in an enthralling final in Madrid two years ago, was amazed at his own form at Loughborough, where he now trains with a group of top class 400m runners under legendary coach Nick Dakin.

He went to Stuttgart for the planned race that would alter all of his plans. He was still in the middle of intensive training and had had a hard hill session two days earlier when he went to the line.