Cruz pushed to limit
NZPA-Reuter Vancouver The Olympic 800 metres champion, Joaquim Cruz, was pushed to the. limit over. 1500 metres in an international athletics meeting at Vancouver yesterday. The Brazilian, who plans to compete in both the 800 and 1500 m at the
world championships in Rome this summer, needed a big kick down the final straight to hold off the veteran,. Mike Boit, of Kenya, and a Frenchman, Cyrille Laventure. Cruz clocked three minutes 39.09 seconds, with Boit second in 3:39.41 and Laventure third in 3:39.88. ,
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Press, 12 June 1987, Page 32
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