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Dobriskey seals Olympics spot

By: KentOnline reporter multimediadesk@thekmgroup.co.uk

Published: 00:00, 15 July 2008

Updated: 08:02, 15 July 2008

Lisa Dobriskey will be competing in Beijing

Ashford Athletic Club's Lisa Dobriskey has earned her Great Britain call-up to compete in the Olympic Games in Beijing in August.

She secured her place with a tactically astute victory in the Olympic trials over 1500m at the weekend.

Dobriskey, already the Commonwealth champion, won her heat comfortably in 4:20.58 and then stayed out of trouble to produce a storming finish to take the victory in the final in 4:15.84.

The 25-year-old has already gone close to her personal best for the distance which she set in Melbourne in taking the Commonwealth gold of 4:06.21 in 2006.

She recently ran 4:06.25 in Warsaw. She is now back to top form after suffering a stress fracture after the Commonwealth Games and judged her Trials victory well to hold off top rival Susan Scott (4:16.66) and Hannah England (4:17.82) who had run the fastest 1500m this year with a 4:06.19 in the USA in March.

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