23 Jul 2008

Smith fourth in Stockholm

1:10 pm on 23 July 2008

The New Zealand athlete Kimberley Smith has finished fourth in a quality 5000 metre field at the Galan Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm.

Meseret Defar of Ethiopia won easily in a time just outside the world record, while Beijing-bound Smith was well outside the national record time she set last week.

Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus won the women's shot put with a throw of 20.33 metres, a distance that'll be competitive with Valerie Vili in Beijing.

Meanwhile Jonathan Wyatt won the annual Grossglockner Berglauf mountain race in Austria in a record time.