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Axford is used to the camaraderie of team sport, but thinks there is a misconception that athletics is always a lonely, individual pursuit.<\/p>\n
“We have a team of six women who are going out to compete [at the European Cross Country Championships in Antalya],” she said.<\/p>\n
“There is a team result at the end of it as well, that is something that I really enjoy about the sport and something I wasn’t expecting. <\/p>\n
“Everyone is very supportive, everyone wants to see you succeed.”<\/p>\n
Yet women’s middle-distance running is experiencing a golden era in the UK, with Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson joined by Jemma Reekie and Bell in a rare British one-two-three at the top of the distance’s world performance lists.<\/p>\n
Further international selections for Axford will not come easy, but for now the pressure is off as she dips her toe in the muddy fields of cross country.<\/p>\n
“It is definitely going to be a bit of learning as well as enjoying the moment,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It is just a real opportunity for me to see how I line up against some of the best in Europe.”<\/p>\n
Axford will then chase qualifying times for the European Indoor Championships in March, with the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles a long-term hope, just as it was in her previous sport.<\/p>\n
“I was lucky to have been coached by [2016 Olympic hockey champion and former GB captain] Alex Danson when I played hockey,” she said.<\/p>\n
“She is an incredible person and someone I look up to a lot. Her values and integrity, you can take into any sport.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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