{"id":123515,"date":"2026-06-22T11:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/alastair-chalmers-new-born-son-inspires-400m-hurdler-to-reclaim-british-title\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:18:08","slug":"alastair-chalmers-new-born-son-inspires-400m-hurdler-to-reclaim-british-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/alastair-chalmers-new-born-son-inspires-400m-hurdler-to-reclaim-british-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Alastair Chalmers: New-born son inspires 400m hurdler to reclaim British title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alastair Chalmers says he was inspired to reclaim his British 400m hurdles title by his new-born son.<\/b><\/p>\n

Chalmers beat Joshua Faulds by 0.31 seconds to win back the title he lost to Tyri Donovan a year ago, his sixth national crown in seven years.<\/p>\n

His fianc\u00e9e Ellie Bell gave birth to Robert on Tuesday morning, external<\/span><\/a> – four days before the opening round of races.<\/p>\n

Bell brought baby Robert to the Alexander Stadium for the final, with Chalmers giving his new son an emotional cuddle after his victory.<\/p>\n

“I’ve pretty much not trained all week and my head’s not really been in the game because I’ve just been thinking about other things of course,” he told BBC Radio Guernsey.<\/p>\n

“It’s been lovely just thinking about my boy, but when I made the decision to go do the champs, I knew it was going to be a hard one.<\/p>\n

“Definitely the heat on Saturday was very tricky, I felt like absolute rubbish the whole way round because my body just hasn’t been firing from no training, and of course just being tired.<\/p>\n

“But I got it together for Sunday, and when he came up, I just couldn’t lose – I had to win for him, didn’t I?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n