Oscar runs personal best for season
[Thursday, July 16, 2009 18:57:10]Oscar was one of the special attractions at the Spitzen International athletics meeting on Wednesday in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Running in his third 400m race on the European circuit, he once again lowered his fastest time of the year to 47.07 sec.
He ran in the B race and finished in second place behind Keitarou Satou of Japan who won in 46.56 sec.
His previous races were in Milan (25 Jun) and Oslo (3 July) and where he had respective times of 47.24 and 47.18 sec.
Oscar has one more chance on Saturday at Velletri, Italy, to achieve a time of 45.95 he needs to earn a place on the South Africa team at the world championships in Berlin during August 15-23.