Winston George cracks national 400m record

In front of a loud New York crowd, Winston George overcame slight nerves and a heavy head wind to run the best race of his career, setting a new men’s 400 metres national record at the Adidas Diamond League athletics meet yesterday at Icahn Stadium in the “Big Apple”.

George clocked 45.57 seconds, shaving eight tenths of a second off Richard Jones’ previous national best of 45.65, while being edged into third place in the `B’ Class event in the fifth stop of the competition series.

The Guyana Police Force Sergeant, stormed down the homestretch but was nipped on the line by