Christian 5th behind Bolt

Friday 10 June 2011

Cardiff's Christian Malcolm showed signs of his best form in the Diamond League 200m in Oslo last night.

In a high class field, Christian was fifth behind world record holder Usain Bolt in 20.57, a respectable time as the race was run in pouring rain. Bolt's time was 19.86.

Christian, who turned 32 last week and is now coached by Dan Pfaff, was pleased with his run, said he was in good shape and is looking forward to a good season.

An ever present in the Great Britain team, Christian is down to run in the GB 4x100m relay at next week's European Team Championships in Stockholm.

This is not the first time that Christian has come fifth behind Bolt. Christian made the final of the 200m at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and was 5th behind Bolt's world record breaking performance.

Christian has enjoyed a superb athletic career and has brought great honour to Cardiff AAC. We wish him well for the remainder of the season.