Sunday, September 02, 2007

Around The World And Up Your Street....Messenger Teletype Alert...Stop the Presses...


Britain's win 5th medal in sporting event...

Repeat...Brits win 5th medal in SPORTING event...


"Great Britain claimed their fifth medal of the World Championships with bronze in the final of the women's 4x400m relay in Osaka.

The team of Christine Ohuruogu, Marilyn Okoro, Lee McConnell and Nicola Sanders finished third in a new national record time of three minutes, 20.04 seconds.

They were helped by a superb final leg of 48.8 secs from Sanders, who overtook Russian Natalya Antyukh with 10m left.

Favourites the United States won in 3:18.55 while Jamaica secured silver.

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