Sydney Track Classic - Saturday, 27 February 2010
This coming Sydney Track Classic poses to build on last year's success, as Sydney's premier athletics event. Athletics Australia and Athletics NSW welcome you to attend and be involved with the 2010 Sydney Track Classic on Saturday the 27th of February at Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre.
Whether you're an athlete, coach, or simply just love fierce competition on the track and the field, then come and see the hottest stars of Australian track and field battle with international challengers on a blistering February night at Sydney Olympic Park.
Sydney's own World discus champion, Dani Samuels will send her opponents into a spin as she shows the talent that made her the youngest world discus champion ever. Olympic and world champion Steve Hooker will come with his eye on the world record. Fabrice Lapierre will challenge World championship bronze medallist Mitchell Watt in the long jump, both hoping to knock off Jai Taurima's Australian record.
On the track the men's 4 x 400m Berlin bronze medallists Sean Wroe, John Steffensen, Ben Offereins and Joel Milburn will fight for supremacy in the 400m, the men's 1500m featuring Jeremy Roff and Ryan Gregson promises to be a huge race and Madeleine Pape, Benita Johnson and Eloise Wellings will sizzle in a night of nights for Australian athletics.
So this is your chance to see at first hand top class competition. You can witness present and future Olympians competing against one another in a competition that displays both national and international talent, all in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.
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