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Van Deventer, Pistorius win in Belgium - TheEd - 25-06-2012
Monday, 25 June 2012 ââ¬â South Africaââ¬â¢s Oscar Pistorius, Wayde van Niekerk, Juan van Deventer, Wayde Jooste, Janet Lawless, Carina Horn and Dean Brummer were in action at the 26th Meeting International de la Ville de Nivelles in Belgium on Saturday 23 June.
Pistorius won the menââ¬â¢s 400m in 46.20sec and now heads off to Benin for the Africa Championships where he will have one last chance at running his required second Olympic A-Qualifier if he is to compete in the individual 400m in London. Pistorius ran his first Olympic qualifier on 17 March in Pretoria with a 45.20sec clocking at the Gauteng North Provincial Championships. Jacques de Swardt finished second in 46.36sec with Shaun de Jager and Ruan Greyling finishing fifth and sixth in 47.21sec and 47.51sec respectively.
In the B-Race, Wayde van Niekerk clocked 46.74sec to win ahead of Johan Delasse from France (47.28sec) and Belgium Arnaud Ghislain from Belgium in 47.89sec.
Juan van Deventer won the menââ¬â¢s 1500m in 3:40.85, slower than the 3:35.50 Olympic qualifying A-standard he has been hunting for. Franceââ¬â¢s Simon Denissel came second in 3:41.18 while Andreas Bueno (DEN) clocked 3:41.19 to finish ahead of South Africaââ¬â¢s Jerry Motsau (3:41.56). Van Deventer has been in a race against time to get fit and qualify for the Olympic Games after a car knocked him over whilst training in May 2011.
Dean Brummer delivered his best performance of the season in the menââ¬â¢s 3000m finishing ninth with an 8:05.44 clocking. The winning time was 7:59.92 by Australian athlete Kevin Batt.
Waide Jooste won the menââ¬â¢s 100m in 10.59sec ahead of Vladimir Valencia (COL) and Julien Watrin (BEL). Valencia and Watrin clocked 10.62sec and 10.63sec respectively. In the same race for women, Carina Horn finished fourth behind Carima Louami (FRA). Horn was timed at 12.05 with Louami crossing the line in 11.65sec. Sally Pearson (AUS) and Melissa Breen (AUS) took the first two positions in 11.20sec and 11.55sec respectively.
In the womenââ¬â¢s 400m hurdles Australiaââ¬â¢s Lauren Boden won in 57.07sec with Janet Lawless behind her in 57.16sec. Stine Tomb from Norway finished third (59.14sec).