Australia's Peter Bol ignores a pre-race injury scare to comfortably advance to the men's 800 metres final in Birmingham.
National record holder Peter Bol has ignored a pre-race injury scare to cruise into the men's 800 metres final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.He says he was not troubled by a rolled ankle in the lead-up to his heatBol rolled his ankle when stepping on the curb at the training track on Tuesday.Bol went to the lead with 250 metres to run and enjoyed the luxury of easing right down in the final straight before crossing the line first in one minute and 47.01 seconds.
After clocking the fastest qualifying time, Bol now has a full four days to reset ahead of the final, where he will be among the gold-medal favourites. "I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I'm perfectly fine, so it's a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia," said Bol, who was fourth at the Tokyo Olympics."I just rolled it on the curb at the track. That's the first time ever."
After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in his Birmingham heat.
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