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| 14 February 2007 | PR 07/15 |
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Dobriskey selected for European champs
Loughborough University graduate and Commonwealth Games gold medallist
Lisa Dobriskey has made a successful comeback from a stress fracture and
been selected for the Great Britain team for next month’s European
Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham.
The 23-year-old, who is still trained at the University by its director
of athletics George Gandy, has been selected for the 3000m at the championships
at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena after impressive performances
since recovering from the stress fracture of her thigh.
She joins fellow University alumni Jeanette Kwayke (60m), Sara McGreavey
(60m hurdles), Nicola Sanders (400m) and Nathan Douglas (triple jump),
while pole vaulters Kate Dennison and Steve Lewis train at the University’s
athletics High Performance Centre under Steve Rippon.
Dobriskey, who stormed past five other runners in the home straight to
win gold in the 1500m at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games last March then
had her subsequent performances and season hampered by the injury, returned
to the track last month in Glasgow, comfortably winning the 1500m.
She then set a personal best in the 3000m in winning the British Indoor
Championships in Sheffield on Feb 10, clocking eight minutes 55.22 seconds,
smashing her personal best for the distance by seven seconds. It also
eclipsed her previous best for the distance indoors by 13 seconds.
Dobriskey is expected to compete at a meeting in Birmingham this weekend,
with several other athletes who will be using the event as a build-up
to the European Championships in the same venue.
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