Super Sanchez and Peguero to Beijing

[NewsWhore]

Felix Sanchez, reigning Olympic champ in the 400-meter hurdles and Arismendy Peguero, national 400-meter champion, have both classified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Jose Rubio, president of the Dominican Federation of Track and Field associations, said that Sanchez had qualified by winning a silver medal at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan. Sanchez, still recovering from injuries and far from his Olympic form, won the race with a time of 48.01 seconds. Peguero also qualified at Osaka with a time of 44.92, the minimum time needed to qualify for an Olympic competition. The DR's 4x400 team, made up of Peguero, Sanchez, Yoel Tapia and Pedro Mejia, also qualified at Osaka as well as through their performance at the Pan Americans Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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