WOMEN'S OLYMPIAD.
j MUCH IMPROVED FORM. | FIVE RECORDS BROKEN. | (Received 9 a.in.) LONDON, August 4. Fifteen thousand people were* present at. the women's international atliletie meeting at Stamford Bridge. The British girls outclassed their Continental ' ' rivals in the flat racing. Six nations I were strongly represented in the fancy ' events, such as putting the weight. A J remarkable improvement since the first ' women 's Olympiad in France was shown. ' j Five world's records were broken, in- | eluding the 1000 metres flat, which | Miss Trickery won in 3min 8, l-ssec. J Miss Thompson won the 100 yards in j llosec. Miss Lines broke the women's i world's record for the 120 yards liur- ;• dies and also won the long jump and | the 250 metres, establishing in the lat- | ter a British women's record, j No Australians or New Zenlanders ' competed.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 6 August 1924, Page 5
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