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Ovett Wins 800 Metres[1]

       LONDON September 1, (AP) — Olympic champion Steve Ovett pulled away [to move ahead of a competitor by going faster or being more successful: Nkoku is pulling away from the other runners (LDoCE4)] in the home straight [last stage of undertaking: the last part of a trip, task, or operation. U.S. term home stretch (EDT)] to give England victory in the 800 metres in the Amoco International Games Track Meet {track meet?????AmE a sports event consisting of competitions in running, jumping etc (LDoCE)??????????} at Crystal Palace.

       Ovett’s win helped England to a clear-cut [definite; certain] victory over Poland and Switzerland. England scored 100 points to Poland’s 76 and Switzerland’s 48. Yugoslavia, a late replacement for Cuba, did not send a full team to the meet [= sports meet].

       Ovett, who had won an 800 metres for England in Norway 48 hours earlier, produced his fastest two-lap [2 a single journey around a race track: Rubens Barrichello finished a lap ahead of his team-mate. lap of honour BE / victory lap AE (=a lap to celebrate winning): The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans. 3 AE a single journey from one end of a swimming pool to another: do/run/swim a lap: Every morning she swims 50 laps in the pool.] time of the year — 1 minute 46.40 seconds.

       Chris McGeorge, of England, was second in 1:47.33 with Dieter Elmer, of Switzerland, third in 1:48.43.

       Olympic bronze medalist Gary Oakes finished five metres clear [(pred ???) clear (of sb/sth) not touching sth; away from sth ??????; ???????: The plane climbed until it was clear of the clouds. ??????????(OED) // Wait to cross until the street is clear of cars. // The curtains should be a couple of inches clear of the floor. (LDoCE4)] in the 400 metre hurdles. He won in 50.58 seconds from Switzerland’s Franz Meier, who clocked [to cover a distance in a particular time, or to reach a particular speed in a race: Karen won in the 300 metres, clocking 42.9 seconds. // the first steam engine to clock 100 miles an hour (LDoCE4)] 59.95. {?????????????????????????????51.95}

       Mark Holton won the 110 metres hurdles in 13.90 with Roland Geigel of Poland second in 13.95 and Roberto Schneider of Switzerland third in 14.24.

       The entry [Journalists sometimes use entry to refer to the total number of people taking part in an event or competition. For example, if a competition has an entry of twenty people, twenty people take part in it. Prize-money of nearly *90,000 has attracted a record entry of 14 horses from Britain and Ireland... // Our competition has attracted a huge entry. (CB4)] in the international [an international sports game. (LDoCE4)] was of a fairly low standard, but there were a number of fine performances in the invitation events.

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(Revised by Ke Ping)

 

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