Athletics: Rutherford beats Watt in long jump
British Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford repeated his London Games triumph.
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.
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.