SUSAN Scott maintained her Olympic dream last night as she defeated her nearest rival for a place in the Great Britain team in Lucerne.
Scott clocked 4:07.86 in the 1,500 metres final at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Switzerland to take third place behind winner Ethiopian Morgan Uceny and second-placed Anna Willard of the United States. But the 30-year-old Glaswegian's posi
tion just ahead of British rival Hannah England, who finished less than a second behind in fourth, was the important result.
Scott still needs to produce another 'A' standard time of 4:07.00 to be sure of a place in Beijing. Last night, she come up fractionally short.
Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, however, has failed in his final attempt to qualify for the 400 metres in Beijing.
Needing a time of 45.55 seconds, the 21-year-old finished third in Lucerne last night with a personal-best time of 46.25 seconds. The South African, who could still be selected for the 4x100m relay squad, was banned from competing in January by the governing body, the IAAF.
Pistorius succeeded in having the ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which criticised the IAAF tests to measure the runner's performance levels.
Christine Ohuruogu set a season's best of 50.99 as she won her penultimate 400m race before the Olympics.
The world champion had previously clocked 51.06 in Ostrava on 12 June and 51.39 a week ago in Reims and had been planning a faster time.
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