First success at the Olympic Stadium in London
Friday, May 4th the firs
t official competition was held on the track at the
Olympic Stadium in London: the
400m hurdles at the
British Universities and Colleges Sports Championships. In front of 4,000 people the Irish student,
Justine Kinney, who is pursuing a master's degree at
Loughborough University, won with a time of 59.79. "Since this was the first race on this track, I really wanted to win!’’ said Justine. ‘’The track is amazing; it looks like you could fly over it ". The event was also followed by
DailyMail which published an interesting article
online.