Walker wins 1500m
NZPA London John Walker maintained his Improved form with a smartlyrun 1500 metres win at a-big poat-Olympics track and field meeting at Budapest last night. Walker beat a top-class field including Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi, and the Commonwealth champion, Dave Moorcroft.- to win in Smin 36.85, a time about the equivalent of his 3min 54s mile win at Crystal Palace last Friday.. ■ .. . - -
Walker ntaje a', devastating break from . the bunched field 150 metres < out . and' headed Moorcroft, home bj 10 metres. Britain’s.: 800 metres gold medallist, Steve Ovett, was to have started in the 1500 m but he switched tb the 5000 m at! the last minute'and won race-in a modest T3mih , 32sj outkicking the Kenyan, Wilson Waigwa, on the last lap; . Another of Britain’s Olympic winners, the: sprinter, Alan
Wells, was beaten- over' 100 metres by the London-bi>.fcd Ghanaian, Ernest Obeng. •; K was his first loss-since win ning the Olympic title, but i' needed the evidence of a photr to decide the contest . -wit! Obeng. recording 10.21sandWeU: 10.235. r *
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