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Jess Andrews and Beth Potter secure Olympic 10,000m selection
- Updated: May 21, 2016
Jess Andrews emerged from the ranks of big outsider to win the women’s race at the Highgate Harriers Night of the 10,000m PBs in north London on Saturday evening, securing her place on the team for the Olympics.
In front of thousands of enthusiastic fans of endurance running, who lined the track from lane three outwards, the Spain-based athlete took a major leap forward in class as she clocked 31:58.00 to beat 2009 world champion Linet Masai of Kenya, who ran 32:02.48. Beth Potter, who was third in 32:05.37 to just miss her PB, also gained an automatic place in Brazil as she was the second British athlete to finish. She already had the qualifying time and backed that up with another sub-32:15 clocking.
In the men’s race, which was also run in mild conditions after the earlier wind had died down, winner Ross Millington (28:28.20) and Dewi Griffiths were the first two Brits but neither have gained the mark for Rio. Andrew Vernon, who has the qualifying time from last year, could have secured an automatic place with a top-two but he …
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