Swiss Bliss
by Eric Everett
If you're wondering who the current star of the 400 meter hurdles is, look no further: Angelo Taylor has broken the tape first again.
Just as he did in Beijing, AT bested rivals Bershawn Jackson and Kerron Clement at Zurich's Weltklasse AF Golden League meet on Friday. As described by IAAF.org:
Angelo Taylor, was well aware that the 2007 and 2005 World champions, respectively Kerron Clement and Bershawn Jackson, who had finished behind him in the 400m hurdles in Beijing in that order, were intent on gaining revenge here. Taylor, who also won the Olympic laurels in 2000, was not about to give them that satisfaction. Taylor bravely took on the field from the gun, blasting the first 200m, and still had a sizeable advantage on Clement entering the final straight. Clement was closing fast but just as we thought the Olympic champion had shot his bolt, he dug deep and in the run off the final hurdle to the line had enough strength to prevail -- 48.07 to 48.20.
Jackson finished in seventh in 49.18.
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Zurich - AF Golden League (IAAF.org, Aug. 29, 2008)
http://www.iaaf.org/GLE08/news/newsid=47424.html
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