400m

Title defender: Martyn Rooney wins again
MARTYN ROONEY successfully defended his 400m title in a time of 45.29.
The Briton had been far from convincing in 2016 until arriving in Amsterdam and wasn’t fast enough to warrant a bye from the qualifying round.
That all changed in the semifinals as he followed up his 46.57 heat win with an Olympic qualifying mark of 45.04 to install himself as favourite.