Paul Hession Continues Olympic Preparations With Spanish 200m Win

Posted July 3rd, 2008 by Mick Rice in Athenry Club News

Paul Hession continued his Olympic buildup with a fine victory at a low key Spanish meeting last evening. In a six man field Paul came home first and was a clear winner over Malcolm Christian of Great Britain and Arnaldo Abrantes of Portugal. Everything seems to be heading in the right direction for the Athenry sprint star.

Paul also took part in the high quality 100m race in Salamanca and finished in third place behind David Rodriguez of Spain and Francis Obikwelu of Portugal in a super speedy time of 10:23. Rodriguez's time was a Spanish National record.

Congrats Paul!

Indo Report Here http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/hession-shows-class-at-euro...

Full Results of the Salamanca meeting are at:

http://www.fetacyl.org/Resultados/2007-2008/Julio/GP%20Diputacion%20SA/0...

200 M. LISOS MASCULINO GP-A (V.Vto: +0.8)

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1. HESSION, PAUL 83 1 IRL 20.55
2. MALCOM, CRHISTIAN 1 GBR 20.93
3. ABRANTES, ARNALDO 2 POR 20.94
4. SCHNEEBERGER, MARC 3 SUI 21.02
5. TOURE, KATIM 87 1 SEN 21.91
6. NIEDERHAUSER, MARC 79 1 SUI 22.54
WROE, SEAN 1 AUS n
RODRIGUEZ, DAVID 80 M 2417 PUMA CHAP.JEREZ n

100 M. LISOS MASCULINO GP-A (V.Vto: +1.7)

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1. RODRIGUEZ, DAVID 80 M 2417 PUMA CHAP.JEREZ 10.14 REsp
2. OBIKWELU, FRANCIS 126147 POR 10.15
3. HESSION, PAUL 83 1 IRL 10.23
4. MALCOM, CRHISTIAN 1 GBR 10.28
5. CHINEDU, PATRICK 84 10 NIGERIA 10.42
6. ABRANTES, ARNALDO 2 POR 10.47
7. TOURE, KATIM 87 1 SEN 10.59
8. BAUMAN, ANDREAS 79 2 SUI 10.80

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