Taking a Step in Right Direction Melbourne Is a Bit Too Soon for Lee Mcconnell As She Still has a Few Hurdles to Overcome in Her New Event

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A FEW days after she was named in Scotland's Commonwealth Games team, Lee McConnell's coach made a bold prediction based on her potential rather than her immediate medal prospects in Melbourne. According to Roger Harkins, she could "take the event apart at the highest level".

The event is the 400m hurdles and Harkins is not alone in thinking the 27year-old Glaswegian has what it takes to be one of the best in the world at one of track and field's most demanding of disciplines.

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Taking a Step in Right Direction Melbourne Is a Bit Too Soon for Lee Mcconnell As She Still has a Few Hurdles to Overcome in Her New Event

David Hemery, who won Olympic gold in Mexico City in 1968, once offered a telling observation on McConnell's future ambitions. If she stuck at the 400m, in which she won Commonwealth silver and European...

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