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Update: CG is GB Olympic finalist!

Friday 19th August 2016

CG is GB Olympic finalist!

After a disastrous opening round, reinstatement and then a well judged semi final, Charlie Grice qualified for the Olympic 1500m final.

In his opening round heat, Charlie had looked to be safe for proceeding to the semis but was pushed to one side by a runner trying to force himself through a non-existent gap. It seemed he was out but a keen-eyed track judge had spotted all this and Charlie was reinstated.

In the early hours (for us) of Friday morning he justified his luck by running a tight curb in a slowish race then taking advantage of his finishing strength to take fifth automatic qualifying spot for the final.

In the final, Charlie maintained 5th and 6th position for much of the final, only loosing places in the final 100metres. He finished a respectable 12th in a time of 3:51:73. Phoenix is proud to support this fantastic athlete: European, Commonwealth and World Champion and now Olympic finalist!

GO CHARLIE

http://powerof10.info/results/results.aspx?meetingid=163776&pagenum=1#1500