Alexandra Bell keeps medal hopes alive after difficult 800m heat
By Will Jennings in MunichAlexandra Bell battled through one of the worst tactical races of her career to keep her medal hopes alive at the multi-sport European Championships. The Leeds middle distance star finished second in her Thursday morning heat as a time of 2:02.43 hauled her into the semi-finals as an automatic qualifier. Ad But Bell struggled to pull together a cohesive race plan and only narrowly scraped past Irish ace Louise Shanahan at Munich's Olympic Stadium.


