| Watch over 50 IAAF Events Live and On-Demand at WCSN.com |
Olympic and World 400m champion Jeremy Wariner will contest his first-ever 300m race at the Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 12.
“I’m ready to run a great time,” the two-time world champion said. In the back of his mind is the difficult 30.85 world best set by Wariner’s mentor and manager, Michael Johnson, at altitude in Pretoria in 2000.
This is a great way to see where I'm at right before the US Trials. As for the record, Michael ran a really fast time so I'm just trying to go out there and run fast and do the best I can."
The low altitude World best is 31.31 by LaShawn Merritt set in Eugene, Ore., in 2006. Wariner’s 300m intermediate time at the World Championships in Osaka last summer was 31.58, indicating that a sub-31 second performance is well within his reach.
After 400m races at the ÅF Golden League meetings in Berlin and Oslo, Ostrava’s Golden Spike will be Wariner’s final appearance prior to the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Organizers also announced that world indoor 60m hurdles champion Lolo Jones of the US has been confirmed for the meeting. Her target will be the long-standing meet record of 12.65 in the 100m hurdles set by Poland’s Grazyna Rabsztyn in 1980. The mark was tied by Jamaican Brigitte Foster in 2003.
Know someone else who's interested in running and triathlon?
