City of York's Richard Buck misses out on Olympic relay spot

10:29am Thursday 9th August 2012 in Sport

CITY of York Athletics Club star Richard Buck has missed out on a place in the Great Britain quartet for today's heats of the 4x400 metres at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The GB four will be Martyn Rooney, Nigel Levine, Conrad Williams and youngster James Green.

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paintitred says...
11:23am Thu 9 Aug 12

a shame for richard.
the guy has worked so hard to get there with No funding he must be gutted.
filling shelfs at a supermarket inbetween training.

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Aldo says...
9:46pm Thu 9 Aug 12

Gutted for him!

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Jawone says...
2:05pm Sun 12 Aug 12

Apparently he was second quickest out of the four that ran! A full 10 metres faster than dai green, the only one who lost his funding, so it wouldn't have looked good for the management if he got a medal. The coach had him in the final four...

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