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| Rooney becomes European Bronze medalist! | by: Matthew Kiernan 30th Jul 2010 22:07:50 |
 Martyn Rooney dips at the line - just as important in a 400m race. Martyn would have come 4th if he had not dipped in this manner !  400m Final Photo Finish - just look at that dip from Martyn to give him 3rd place. Thats the difference with a foot on the line and a 'torso' on line  Martyn Rooney (Bronze), Michael Bingham (Silver) and Russian (Gold) in the 400m Final  400m Final - Finishing sequence - 1 of 20  Michael Bingham and Martyn Rooney are interviewed by the BBC  Martyn Rooney being interviewed wearing his bronze medal  Martyn Rooney awaits the verdict after his 400m Final Friday evening - a very close result. It was concluded as 3rd place - Bronze medal ! The 23 year-old overcame the odds of a difficult lane draw to sneak onto the podium with a 45.23secs clocking. He now turns his attention to the 4x400m tomorrow. You can see the full results and videos including Photo Finish camera shots from the Results Fixture Page Analysis of Final Martyn Rooney allocated Lane 1 which Martyn is used to running out the last leg in the relay. Bingham being drawn in the unfavourable Lane 8. Fast start in Lane 8 by Bingham - stormed round the first bend and had a big lead into the back straight. Had he gone too early at this point ? Kevin Borlee (Belgium) also was going well at this stage. Rooney trying to get involved whilst still at the back at this stage at the 160m stage. Bingham going into top bend going well what looked like a clear advantage at that stage. On the final bend Gillick (Ireland and Martyn's training partner) and Borlee catching on Bingham whilst Rooney picked up in Lane 1 with 33.0 sec gone. Bingham starting to fade at 34sec whilst Djhone (France) slightly ahead on straight. Rooney staying in lead from 33 sec to 44.2sec with 9 metres left to cover then the other Borlee (Lane 6) pushed forward by inches then by a foot with 5 metres from the leader Kevin Borlee in lane 6 towards the conclusion. Djhone had lost strength at this point. A blanket finish that needed Photo Finish to confirm the result and where Rooney had actually finished - was it 3rd or 4th ? It was then confirmed Rooney had got Bronze (See photo Finish) with Silver for Bingham as he had crept forward also at the last few inches. An incredibly exciting race. No-one expected a finish like this ! The slow winning time of 45.08 was also a surprise especially with that unravelling finish. The Russian Kevin Borlee took Gold. Gillick (5th) missed out after such a convincing Semi Final finish along with a fast time. The Russian, Krasnov in Lane 7 was just out-dipped by Rooney which made the difference between 3rd and 4th. This can be seen in the photo finish link below but also one of the photo shots in the Photo Gallery album. A well run race with a finish brilliantly executed by Martyn ! MRowe 30th July - 23:30 | |