Sporting Digest: Athletics

JOHN MAYOCK is the latest Briton to pull out of this weekend's European Indoor Championships in Paris. Tonsillitis has forced him to abandon his plans to improve on his 1992 silver medal in the 3,000m. Other Britons who have dropped out are Melanie Neef (400m), Gary Brown (800m), Yinke Idowu (long jump) and Jackie Agyepong (60m hurdles). Rachel Kirby (triple jump) and Craig Winrow (800m) have been added to the team.

INTERNATIONAL INDOOR MEETING (Stockholm) Selected winners and GB: Men: 60m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 7.42sec. 400m hurdles: 1 T Douglas (Berm) 47.16; 3 G Bullock (GB) 48.50. 5,000m: 1 M Issangar (Mor) 13min 26.84sec; 3 M Chesire (GB) 13:47.71. Women: 800m: 1 O Kuznyetsova (Rus) 2min 02.40sec; 3 D Modahl (GB) 2:02.62.