Third world mark
NZPA-AFP Stellenbosch The South African barefoot runner, Zola Budd, set a new world best time for the 3000 metres at the Coetzenburg Stadium in Stellenbosch yesterday in Bmin 37.55. It was the third time she has clocked a world best in the last two months. On January 5 she cracked by 6.43 s Mary Decker’s time for the 5000 m in 15min 1.83 s and last Wednesday, the tiny 38kg athlete ran the fastest ever 1500 m time in 4min 5.815. Budd’s times will not,
however, be recognised as new world records because she is South African and her country is excluded from world sport over apartheid. Earlier this week Budd, aged 17, turned down a proposal of a marriage of convenience offered to her by a 65-year-old British citizen, Henry Allen, “for the love of sport.” “I’ve got my university career and my running to think about so I’m not interested in getting married at the moment,” she said when she heard the news of the offer.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19840302.2.129
Bibliographic details
Press, 2 March 1984, Page 30
Word Count
171Third world mark Press, 2 March 1984, Page 30
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.