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Sir Peter Snell's national 800-metre record broken by James Preston

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 27 May 2024, 10:38am
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Sir Peter Snell's national 800-metre record broken by James Preston

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 27 May 2024, 10:38am

Kiwi middle-distance runner James Preston has made a bit of history.

He’s broken Sir Peter Snell’s national 800-metre record of 1:44.3 seconds — Preston ran it in 1:44.04 in Germany.

That eclipsed the longest-standing New Zealand athletics record in the books and set a qualifying time for the Paris Olympics.

James Preston joined Mike Hosking.

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