THE older brother of Oxford United winger Stan Mills won a second consecutive silver medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.
George Mills was second in the 3,000m behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen, following on from breaking a UK Athletics Indoor Championships record in the same event last month, with his time of 7:40.16 bettering the previous record by almost 10 seconds.
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Mills said on BBC Sport: “When Jakob came round, I knew that would come at some point.
“Four hundred out, I thought it was a bit early to try to defend. I thought ‘okay I’ll sit on and see if I can attack on the home straight’.”
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On his silver medal, he added: “Anything less now would have been really disappointing. I guess I did the minimum of what I could but I’m obviously happy to come away with a silver, but I need to work more for summer.”
Mills’ father, the former England and Leeds United defender Danny Mills, said: “It’s horrible, it really is. I’ve said so many times it’s like watching a penalty shoot-out time and time again.
“The hour or so beforehand is absolutely terrible, I’ve got sore hands again from banging the boards. It’s tough, but he gave it absolutely everything.
“A lot of respect to Jakob, he’s got to be one of the best of all time. George is building all the time, getting more confident, and I’m sure sooner rather than later he’ll have his time.”
