Nick Willis celebrates third place in the Men's 1500m Final
Originally uploaded by SPARC Beijing Olympics 2008
Nick Willis ran the race of his life to finish in third place and take home the bronze medal in last nights glamour event of the Olympic track and field programme, the mens 1500 meters race.
Willis, the gold medallist in this event at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games of 2006, took the hopes of the nation into the race with him. The nation was desperate for an Olympic track medal after a 32 year drought since the great John Walker won gold in the same event at Montreal in 1976.
Willis ran a smart race, staying on the rail throughout and managing to stay out of trouble also. He stayed near the back of the field for the first 1000 meters before looking to move forward over the last 500 when the pace went on. With around 100 meters to go Willis got himself into third place which he held on to through to the finish, finishing in a time of 3:34:16, just holding off the fast finishing Frenchman Mehdi Baala.
Bahrain's Rashid Ramsi took the gold medal in a time of 3:32:94 with Kipruto Kiprod of Kenya finishing in second in a time of 3:33:1.
Read more about the race here.
9 comments:
Bruce, I have to admit I was cheering for Willis down the home straight - well, if there are no Aussies in it... same with Docherty.
I notice that NZ is now leading the "per capita" medal table, having just passed Australia. Congratulations mate!
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