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World Champs Update

Both Yemi Mary John and Eugene Amo-Dadzie were in action over teh first weekend of the World Championships in Budapest. Yemi Mary ran the final leg on both the heat and final of the mixed 4x400m relay on Saturday. In an eventful final which saw the Netherlands fall just before the finish Yemi Mary brought teh British team home for the silver medal and setting a new UK record. Also on Saturday Eugene comfortably qualified from his100m heat in second place recording 10.10 secs (0.0). On Sunday Eugene placed 4th in his semi-final with 10.03 secs (+0.3) to just miss out on a place in the final as the fourth fastest non-automatic qualifier with the first two progressing to that final.