Classic Men’s 800m U.S. Olympic Trials Final

Posted by Steve ()

July 4, 2008

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How about this for a perfect race? Nick Symmonds had been saying all week he was going to win the 800m and qualify for the Olympics. Would you have put money on him with one lap to go??

Great race; enjoy!

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Comments

Comment by crossn81 on July 4, 2008 @ 2:49 pm

And who would have thought about diving across the finish line?? Amazing. Especially as the 29th seed coming in!

Comment by Steve on July 4, 2008 @ 2:50 pm

Yeah, great launch for the line – gotta do what you gotta do huh?

Comment by Dan on July 4, 2008 @ 5:25 pm

Didn’t think he was going to do it. What a kick he had.

Comment by fit36.com on July 7, 2008 @ 11:10 pm

Wow. He sure made that look easy!

Comment by Steve on July 7, 2008 @ 11:17 pm

I definitely need to work on my finish kick….

Trackback by Run to Win on July 8, 2008 @ 8:39 am

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