Batten grabs gold, Tracey seals silver and Clowes captures bronze

From Nick Clowes, Sportsbeat, in Tampere

 ADELLE Tracey captured 800m silver at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere, Finland and revealed she is already dreaming of repeating the trick at London 2012.

SILVER LINING: Adelle Tracey (centre) takes 800m silver for Great Britain at EYOF (British Olympic Association)

The 16-year-old Guildford and Godalming ace clocked 2:09.92 minutes on the way to finishing second - just 0.36 seconds behind gold medallist Ioana Raluca Doaga of Romania.

Tracey was awarded silver after a long wait, just 0.01 secs ahead of Switzerland's Andrina Schlapfer, and she is adamant it will not be her last time on an Olympic podium.

"When I finally found out I had won silverI was so happy - it was amazing," said Tracey. "To go up and stand on the podium was such a good feeling with the flags and the national anthems.

"I've never really experienced anything like it. When the anthems we're playing I had a look at the Olympic Flag and was thinking to myself I'm an Olympian and I'm really happy.

Elsewhere, on the final day of the athletics competition Jennifer Batten completed a superb sprint double by storming to 200m gold.

The 16-year-old Stroud AC star crossed the line in 23.80 secs - shattering her personal best by 0.11 secs to capture GB's seventh gold of the competition.

“That was amazing,” said Batten. “It didn’t feel as comfortable as it might have looked because it was quite a tiring race. But I was going for times and trying to break my PB which thankfully I did.

“At the 100m mark I knew no-one was near me so I felt alright then.”

Batten couldn’t make it a trio of medals on the final day of the competition however, as the 4x100m relay team failed to make the podium finishing sixth in 47.50 seconds.

But she added: “It couldn’t have gone much better for me this week. I’ve had such a good week and I’ll remember this for a long time.”

Batten has been one of the stars of Great Britain’s successful team – and her performances have earned praise from British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt.

“Jennifer will return from the European Youth Olympic Festival with not only two gold medals, but with memories and friendships that will stand her in good stead for a successful future,” he said.

“Our participation in the European Youth Olympic Festival is a key component within the BOA’s strategy to discover future Olympic Champions.

“To win the sprint double gold in a world class competition such as the European Youth Olympic Festival is a great achievement.”

Elsewhere, fellow sprinter Liam Clowes made up for his 100m disappointment by bagging bronze in the 200m.

The 16-year-old also broke his personal best by 0.11 secs, coming home in 21.50 secs, having been forced to settle for bronze over 100m.

“I just wanted to make my dad proud of me,” said Clowes. “I felt I let him down a bit at English Schools’ but this one is for him.

“He was in the stands watching me and I just wanted to show him what I could do and how quick I could run.

“To get a personal best is absolutely awesome – I knew I had it in me and I knew I could come away with a medal.

“I was a little nervous beforehand but they were good nerves. I’m just so happy to get a medal.”

But Thomas Atkinson was not so fortunate in the 800m and he just missed out on a medal, crossing the line in 1:57.09m.

In the field events, Georgia Atkins and Cameron Walker-Sherpherd both finished sixth in the long jump and pole vault respectively.

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