« on: June 25, 2008, 08:24:35 AM »
On a windy and somewhat chilly evening (24) at the revered Slottsskogsvallen track the top performances of the "Göteborg Grand Prix" were provided by Australia's Craig Mottram in the 1500m and Belgium's Tia Hellebaut in the High Jump.
The men's 1500m was planned as an exciting match-up between the youthful speed of 800m world leader Abubaker Kaki and the strength and experience of 5000m specialist Mottram with the track record of 3:34.3 – set 33 years earlier by legend John Walker en-route to history's first sub 3:50 mile – under serious threat. Unfortunately Kaki woke up on Tuesday morning with a sore throat and as it stayed on during the day he had to cancel his participation.
But Mottram still chose to challenge Walker's record and paced by countryman Nick Bromley went through 400m in 56.9 which was on target. Unfortunately Bromley slowed a little bit too much on the second lap (1:56.7). On his own Mottram then displayed his trademark strength and determination raising the pace (2:54.5) and finishing off with a 56.1 last lap.
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