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Athletics: Rutherford beats Watt in long jump

British Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford repeated his London Games triumph.


Afp April 07, 2013 Less than a minute read

MELBOURNE: British Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford repeated his London Games triumph over Australia’s Mitchell Watt with victory at the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge yesterday. Rutherford won with a best leap of 8.10 metres in the fourth round, while Watt registered 8.01m to again finish second. “Watt is a friend of mine so it is not like a bad competition ever,” said Rutherford. “Ultimately he wants to beat me and I want to beat him but we are always still mates.”

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2013. 

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