Athlete plans break
NZPA correspondent ■, , London The New Zealand distance runner, Anne Audain, will take a six-month break from competition after her faUure in.. the heats of the world 3000 m championship. - '..> e : The .24-year-old Aucklander, already troubled by the recurrence of an old back injury, developed diarrhoea during her’- heat of the inaugural world series. and finlsned in a dispirited- 9mto. 2nsec well outside her best.
“It was my best chance t win a world championship,” sb said. “It’s so disappointing.” The organisers have arrange < a consolation final for non qualifiers, but Miss Audaiß sale >■ that she would not-start. ■'-“l’m going home,” she said, .and will: have a--.long break from running; I won’t run on ■ the track ,at all next, season, but I’ll train during the/sum< mer and ■aim. 'for the- world > cross-country- .championships in
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