Record falls
NZPA-Reuter Soil The double Olympic champio Alberto Juantorena crowned great day for Cuba at the uorl student games by breaking hi own world 800 metres recon with a dynamic front-running display. Juantorena led from start to finish and watched his progress second by second on the results board clock. I As he charged towards the finish line Juantorena could hee his golden chance and he threw himself home. The big Cuban’s time was given as one minute 43.44 seconds and was later rounded down to Imln 43.45ec His previous world record, set at the Montreal Olympics, was Imln 43.55ec. Earlier. Alejandro C as anas. of Cuba, took advantage of perfect conditions and raced smoothly to 1
world record In the men's 110 etres hurdles. Clocking 1.121 I .■eonds. he shaved three- I undredths of a second off the; ve-year-old mark held by an American. Rod Milburn !! Prix Morny Super Concorde.[i said to be the best two year-old p in France, scored his third win [ 1 in three outings with a start- < to-finish triumph in the $90,000 i Prix Morny >6 furlongsi at Deau-; ville. Super Concorde, trained I by Francois Boutin, held off; 1 Little Love and won by a neck, j 1 El Muleta was third. Golf.—Debbie Austin sank at one metre birdie putt on the i eighteenth hole to hold off a - challenge from Hollis Stacev and 11 win the Wheeling Ladies Profes- 1 isional Golf Association classic p •in West Virginia b
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