Steven Solomon ran better than he has ever run before topping his nine-year-old personal best to power into the men’s 400m semi-finals on the Olympic track in Tokyo.
He stopped the clock at 44.94 to finish second in the fourth of six heats on a brutally hot and humid Tokyo morning.
He will be competing in the semi-final on Monday 2 August at 9:05 pm AEST with his goal to make the finals on Thursday at 10:00 pm AEST
On his Instagram: “In his post-race interview, Steve quoted “I knew, physically, I was in good shape but being able to execute physically is a different skill to being physically fit. The fact I was able to do that today has given me great confidence heading into tomorrow’s semi-final.”
Watch Steve as he ran second in his heat, setting a personal best and automatically qualifying for the 400m semi-finals: https://twitter.com/7olympics/status/1421701866895806464?s=21