A RISING Andover athletics star has been selected to represent Great Britain in the first ever European Youth Championships.

U17 athlete Holly Mills was chosen alongside 32 other young British athletes to take part in the inaugural European Youth Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, next month.

The Andover Athletics Club starlet said: “I am over the moon to have been selected to represent my country at what will be my first major international championships.

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