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BUSA Indoor Athletics Championships *1/4/08
Bournemouth Athlete Jumps To Gold
- Sven Knipphals leaped to gold this month with a superb performance in the
long jump at the British University Indoor athletics championships in
Sheffield.
The Chiropractic college student, who trains with Bournemouth AC, secured
the University’s first athletics gold since Sian Scott’s outdoor victory in
the 400m hurdles five years ago.
He took the title in some style, with an equal personal best of 7.32m coming
in the final round of the competition.
Despite lying 4th with one jump remaining, the German produced the goods
when the pressure was on, much to the dismay of the athletes ahead of him.
Knipphals also excelled in the 60m, finishing 5th in his semi-final in an
impressive 7.11s.
In the pick of the other university athletes, BAC second claim member
Jennifer Sealy also made the 60m semi-finals. She placed 7th, in a time of
8.37s.