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06-21-2012, 03:10 PM
The IAAF webpage on 20 June focuses on the young man who has become the Dominican Republic's leading track and field athlete, 18-year old Luguelin Santos. Santos is a contender for a medal at the London Olympics in the 400 meters dash.
IAAF tells his story. In contrast with Felix Sanchez who is a US-born and trained athlete, Santos is from the town of Bayaguana and is a product of the Dominican Republic sports system, although he is now receiving training abroad.
IAAF reports that as he prepares for the London Olympics, Luguelin Santos went under 45 seconds again with 44.88 at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha in May, only being defeated by US star LaShawn Merritt.
Then he rubbed out Merritt's own world age-18 best of 44.66, set in 2005, from the record books when he won in 44.45 at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Hengelo, The Netherlands, on 27 May.
And an outright Samsung Diamond League victory in New York on 9 June followed.
IAAF reports: The prodigiously talented young man from the town of Bayaguana, in the province of Monte Plata, is now third on the world 400m all-time junior lists behind the United States' Steve Lewis, who won the 1988 Olympic Games 400m title while still only 19 and Grenada's 2011 IAAF World Championships gold medalist Kirani James.
Following his early season assault on the clock, Santos now has two specific goals in mind for the rest of 2012: victory at the forthcoming World Junior Championships in Barcelona - where the championship best of 44.66, which has been in the name of Saudi Arabia's Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi since 2000, could be under threat n and a medal at the Olympic Games in London.
www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65385 (http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65385)
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IAAF tells his story. In contrast with Felix Sanchez who is a US-born and trained athlete, Santos is from the town of Bayaguana and is a product of the Dominican Republic sports system, although he is now receiving training abroad.
IAAF reports that as he prepares for the London Olympics, Luguelin Santos went under 45 seconds again with 44.88 at the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha in May, only being defeated by US star LaShawn Merritt.
Then he rubbed out Merritt's own world age-18 best of 44.66, set in 2005, from the record books when he won in 44.45 at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Hengelo, The Netherlands, on 27 May.
And an outright Samsung Diamond League victory in New York on 9 June followed.
IAAF reports: The prodigiously talented young man from the town of Bayaguana, in the province of Monte Plata, is now third on the world 400m all-time junior lists behind the United States' Steve Lewis, who won the 1988 Olympic Games 400m title while still only 19 and Grenada's 2011 IAAF World Championships gold medalist Kirani James.
Following his early season assault on the clock, Santos now has two specific goals in mind for the rest of 2012: victory at the forthcoming World Junior Championships in Barcelona - where the championship best of 44.66, which has been in the name of Saudi Arabia's Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi since 2000, could be under threat n and a medal at the Olympic Games in London.
www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65385 (http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=65385)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)