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Double joy for track king Nachshen

Gilad Nachshen, 14, jumped straight to the top of the under-15 indoor national rankings by recording 55.86 for 400m at the Lee Valley New Year Open.

January 11, 2018 11:10
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By

Brian Sacks

1 min read

Competing for Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Nachshen followed this by taking the South of England U15 800m indoor championship in 2:15.03.

“The 800m was a tactical race rather than a time trial,” said Nachshen, “and altogether it has been a really good start to the year.”

Lia Radus set an 800m PB of 2:18.70 at the Lee Valley New Year Open and placed second at the Middlesex U20 cross country Championships.

Radus, 16, commented: “I was very happy with my solid start to the season in the 800m.