{"id":637,"date":"2012-07-04T07:34:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T07:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nz\/?p=637"},"modified":"2012-07-04T07:34:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T07:34:21","slug":"van-dalen-olympic-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/nz\/news\/van-dalen-olympic-selection","title":{"rendered":"Van Dalen Olympic Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lucy Van Dalen has been officially confirmed to the New Zealand Olympic Team after bettering the New Zealand qualifying standard for the 1500m two weeks ago in San Diego.<\/p>\n

Van Dalen\u2019s time of 4.05.76 ranks her in the top thirty in the world and Athletics New Zealand believes she has the potential to make the top sixteen in London.
\nNew Zealand Olympic Committee Secretary General Kereyn Smith said she was delighted to welcome her to the team. \u201cLucy will be the first woman to represent New Zealand in the 1500m in more than ten years and we look forward to seeing her in Olympic Stadium in London.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucy\u2019s rapid improvement over the past 12 months has excited Athletics New Zealand\u2019s High Performance Director Scott Goodman.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe have been following Lucy\u2019s progress closely and are thrilled with her recent performances. It\u2019s exciting that she has made this jump up to the highest level so quickly\u201d Goodman said.<\/p>\n

Van Dalen\u2019s coach Andy Ronan, represented Ireland in the marathon at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and Van Dalen is the first athlete he has coached to make the Olympics.<\/p>\n

She will next race on Saturday in Manchester, UK over 800 metres.<\/p>\n

Previous New Zealand women to represent New Zealand in the 1500m at the Olympic Games include Sydney 2000 -Toni Hodgkinson and Montreal 1976 – Diane Zorn-Rodger and Anne Garrett-Audain.<\/p>\n

Additional Olympic selection announcements for athletics are expected over the next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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