George Mills was quick to tease dad Danny after he scooped Great Britian's first medal of the European Athletics Championships.
George Mills was quick to tease dad Danny after he scooped Great Britian's first medal of the European Athletics Championships .international and talkSPORT pundit, finished in second spot in the 5,000m event in Rome .Team GB star Mills has scooped the silver medal in the 5,000m event at the European Athletics Championships It is his first senior medal, with Mills clocking a time of 13 minutes and 21.38 seconds to win the silver - finishing narrowly behind Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
And Mills was in high spirits after the race, where he poked fun at doing something his father couldn't do... running at the Stadio Olimpico.He was an unused substitute in Leeds' 0-0 draw with Roma in the UEFA Cup in March 2000, before sitting out the 1-0 defeat to Lazio in December that year in the Champions League.Quick to remind Danny of that fact, he told BBC Sport: "He came here twice, but maybe on the bench.
And he also discussed his joy at being the second member of his OAC Europe team to enjoy success in the 5,000m."Marta , my team mate got bronze so I was like, 'OK, my time to step up now' and fortunately we’ve got two medals in two events for my team.
He stated: "I want to run the 1500m and the 5000m in Paris and hopefully tonight has done my chances of selection no harm.
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