In case you missed it, Peter Bol, whose efforts in the 800m at the Olympics sent Australia into raptures, has lowered the Australian record at the event for the third time.
Peter Bol, whose efforts in the 800m at the Olympics sent Australia into raptures, has lowered the Australian record at the event for the third time.
When he set the record the last year, SBS News travelled to Bol's house in Perth, where his family and friends watched him live."Win or lose, he already made history. We’re proud of him," his cousin Abra Bol added."It was no surprise at all. We've built this new level of confidence and when training is going well there's no reason why we can't run those fast times and be competitive on the world stage," Bol said.
Bol said he wasn't too upset he couldn't quite break the magic 1:44 mark, convinced "we can definitely go 1:43" and that he's well-primed to challenge for a medal at both the world championships and Commonwealth Games.
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