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2 unusual facts about Becky Lyne


Becky Lyne

Not selected for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in March due to a series of injuries, the Stockport-based athlete leapt to third in the UK all-time 800 metre rankings with 1 min 58.20 sec in the Norwich Union British Grand Prix in Gateshead in June 2006, finishing second behind Kenyan Commonwealth champion Janeth Jepkosgei.

She was hoping to be selected to represent Great Britain in the World Championships over 800 m, however there were only three spaces, and Jemma Simpson, Marilyn Okoro and Jenny Meadows had all ran faster than Lyne in 2007, however, in the past 12 months Lyne was the fastest runner, as well as having the fastest personal best by a long way.



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