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Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell was beaten in the 1500m in Melbourne in her first race since she was crowned women’s world indoor champion. <\/b><\/p>\n
The 32-year-old arrived at the Maurie Plant Meet in Australia less than a week after she stormed to her first global indoor title in Poland<\/a>.<\/p>\n But she was unable to summon her trademark finishing burst as Australian Claudia Hollingsworth, 20, made her move 200m from the finish line and clocked a winning time of four minutes 1.30 seconds, 0.22secs ahead of Hunter Bell.<\/p>\n “It was amazing being in a race with this level of girls and beating Georgia,” said Hollingsworth, who set a record time for the meet.<\/p>\n Saturday’s outdoor event marked the first of 11 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meetings, which is the level below the Diamond League.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, rising Australian sprinter Gout Gout, 18, finished second in the men’s 200m, 0.05secs behind international team-mate Lachlan Kennedy, 25, who won in a time of 20.38.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n