Ockert Cilliers, one of the candidates for the third 400m hurdles spot in the South African team to the World Athletics Championships in August, continued his winning ways on Wednesday when he recorded an impressive win at the Regione Lombardia International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Grand Prix 11 meeting in Milan in a time of 49 seconds.
South African record-holder Llewellyn Herbert finished second, ahead of two Jamaicans, followed by two Americans. Cilliers finished well within the IAAF A qualifying time of 49,2 seconds.
Herbert, already assured of a berth to Helsinki, ran well to finish a comfortable second in 49,25 seconds.
Cilliers said after the race that he was happy with the performance although he found the track very hard. It was his first win in a grand prix event in Europe. — Sapa