Mcconnell Can Take Switch to Hurdles in Her Stride Coach Predicts More Thrills From Scots Sprinter
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LEE McCONNELL, the most successful Scottish athlete of recent seasons, is experimenting with a new event, 400 metres hurdles. Winner of Commonwealth Games silver and European Championship bronze over the f lat 400m in 2002, and a world finalist and Olympic semi- finalist at the distance in the next two seasons, the 26-year-old Glaswegian may even switch for the world championships in Helsinki this summer, though she thinks the learning curve may be too sharp to take in so short a time.
Roger Harkins, her coach, said: "This is the start of a new Olympic cycle, and I certainly expect the hurdles to be Lee's main event by Beijing."See the full content of this document
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Mcconnell Can Take Switch to Hurdles in Her Stride Coach Predicts More Thrills From Scots Sprinter
McConnell declines to look so far ahead, and is playing down her potential and her aspirations. "Roger is easily excited, " she laughs. "I've seen quite a few people try to change events, with a lot of expectation, and it hasn't worked out. R...
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