17-year-old Phoebe Gill signs a Pro deal with PUMA after winning Team GB Trials and Qualifying for the Paris Olympics in the 800m

Phoebe Gill has signed a professional deal with leading sports apparel PUMA just in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This is a huge step forward for the 17-year-old who is slowly charting her career path.

Gill will be debuting at the Olympics in Paris, competing in the 800m following her impressive performance at the UK Championships.

The youngster claimed top honours in the preliminaries, clocking 2:05.33 before reigning supreme in the final with a 1:58.66 win to seal her ticket to the Olympic Games. She was off to a great start to her season, clocking the European Under-18 record at the British Milers Club Grand Prix.

At the event, Phoebe Gill impressed as she won the race in 1:58.07, shattering Marion Geissler-Hübner’s record of 1:59.65 set 45 years ago. Prior to that, she had raced at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet In Association with Tripadvisor, winning the race in 1:57.86.

She opened her season with a sixth-place finish in the 400m at the Watford Open Graded Meeting before racing the 1500m at the Watford Open Graded Meeting, finishing sixth.

Phoebe Gill will be the youngest Brit to compete on the Olympic stage after 40 years. Shortly after her exploits at the trials, the teenager recently signed a deal with PUMA.

Phoebe Gill impresses Keely Hodgkinson after winning UK Championships to seal Olympic ticket

Keely Hodgkinson (L) and Phoebe Gill (R) (Source: Getty Images)

Tokyo Olympics 800m silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson was impressed by Phoebe Gill’s run at the UK Championships which doubled up as trials for the Paris Olympic Games.

Phoebe Gill struck a win in the 800m final, clocking 1:58.66 to cross the finish line ahead of Jemma Reekie who clocked 1:59.28 for a second-place finish. Erin Wallace sealed the podium in 2:00.88.

Speaking to the Guardian, Hodgkinson noted that Phoebe Gill reminds her of her younger self but was cautious to note that she does not want to pressurize the youngster.

"I don’t want to put any pressure on her, but I think she is definitely up there with making the [Olympic] final if it goes the right way. She kind of reminds me of myself," the world 800m bronze medallist said.

Hodgkinson, Reekie, and Phoebe Gill will be Great Britain’s flag bearers in the women’s 800m to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

During the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Hodgkinson took a silver medal, becoming the first Briton woman to claim a silver medal in the women’s 800m. Only two British women have won the 800m title in the previous edition and the trio will be seeking to make history by taking the top three slots.

At the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, Ann Packer became the first woman to win the 800m title and Kelly Holmes became the second woman, winning the title at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.