FROM SWEDEN

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 14, 17 January 1921, Page 7

FROM SWEDEN

AN-ATHLETE'S REQUEST.

An intereeting communication from! Sweden, received by Mr. H. E. 'Wilson,.; the champion hurdler, offers good evidenco >, of tho impression created among-other;; nations by .the New Zealanders who com-; peted at the last-" Olympic .Games. Tha.'i letter is from Ge'org Lindstrom, Johaune-; lun-d. Stockholm, who pays tribute to the! capabilities of New Zealand's younp hurd- ; ler by reason oNa request for information;", as to style. ■ . The writer explains that he has beon, 1 with his regiment in the-Far North of.'i Sweden, and in consequence has had little ! opportunity of competing in events since 1 the Olympic Games. He states that Chris-f tiernsson has twice done 15 2-ssec for the j 110 metres hurdles since returning- front) Antwerp, and Hultin once. These were.; competitors with Wilson at the games, j That intrjvest is beinp taken by_ the. writer i in New Zealand performances is shown br.] a reference to bis having noticed thafrj Wilson had been doing well in sprints andi! quarter-milo ovents some time previously,/ and had recorded lEsae for 120 yards. "You might write and tell me something: j about how you train, and what you coji-j eider to bo tho correct- style," the writer] asks. ''The club I belong to here iaj Stockholm has a paper, and they woukJ; appreciate very much having a few lines, from you on hurdling. They.know whovou are very well, because you boat our.".' best man, Huitiu, in the semi-final." A. request is also niado for an "-action;'! photo." • .■- ; The Now Zealand champion is at present ij away from Wellington on. business, but j will return on the morning of the 29th ) January to compete in the Wellington,', championships that day. He intends com-! peting at Masterton on Anniversary Day.