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Deng sets new Australian 800m record in athletics (Read 654 times)
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Deng sets new Australian 800m record in athletics
Jul 22nd, 2018 at 12:26am
 


Joseph Deng broke the long-standing Australian record of 1:44.40 set by Ralph Doubell in 1968 -- at the time a world record -- by running a 1:44.21 in Monaco. Deng came 7th in his record run. Nigel Amos of Botswana set a world-leading time for 2018 and a meet record of 1:42.14.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-21/former-refugee-joseph-deng-breaks-australi...

The 20-year-old Deng finished seventh in one minute 44.21 seconds on Friday night (early Saturday AEST) in a red-hot race won by flying Botswanan Nijel Amos.

The previous Australian mark of 1:44.40 was set by gold medallist Ralph Doubell at altitude at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and equalled by Alex Rowe in Monaco 46 years later.

[source: SBS News]
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