Boost has Chris back in charge
CHRIS O’HARE claims he’s edging back to his best after landing a superb victory at the adidas Boost Games in Boston.
The Scot – who is now clear of the nerve issues in his knee that doomed his Olympic hopes last summer – scampered ahead on the last lap to win the 1500 metres in 3:39.31.
O’Hare, 22, who has the standard for August’s World Championships in London already in the bag, said: “Sometimes it’s hard to get rolling outdoors when you’ve not raced for six months or so.
“At Stanford it showed I’d forgotten how to do it but I put that behind me and I’ve had three good races.”
Domestic rival Jake Wightman lowered his 800m personal best by taking fifth in 1:46.07 and Lynsey Sharp was fourth in the women’s 800m in 2:01.13.
Elsewhere, Olympic semi-finalist Lennie Waite lowered the British record in the rarely-run 2000m steeplechase to 6:21.31 at the Rice Invitational in Texas.
Jack Lawrie hit fourth in the all-time Scottish 400m hurdles ranking at Lee Valley with a lifetime best 50.55.
Zoey Clark and Alisha Rees were both within the six fastest times ever by a Scot over 200m in the British Women’s League at Eton, running wind-assisted 23.14 and 23.30 secs.
And Chris Bennett landed the finest win of his career at the Hammerwurf in Germany, throwing 75.72m to seal victory.