Kirani James attempts to better his own PB

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

EUGENE, OR - Grenada’s World 400m champion, Kirani James, has already run 44.72 this season and has his sights on beating his own personal best of 44.36 which he ran in Zurich last September.

“I am just trying to improve upon my PB,” James said. “As long as I do that am sure I am on the right track leading up to the Olympics. I don’t think this field could get any more talented. I commend the meet organisers for putting together such a great field. I expect it to be very competitive and very fast.”

“You can’t underestimate anybody because one day you are on top the next day an unknown guy can just take over. As far as the main guys we all know LaShawn (Merritt), we all know Jeremy (Wariner), we are looking at an 18 year-old guy coming up (Lugelin Santos of the Dominican Republic). So you can’t underestimate anybody. Anybody who has the mindset to do the 400m, I think they are a challenger to me.”

Lane Assignments:

1. Oscar Pistorius – South Africa
2. Angelo Taylor – USA
3. Kirani James – Grenada
4. LaShawn Merritt – USA
5. Jeremy Wariner – USA
6. Kevin Borlee – Belgium
7. Christopher Brown – Bahamas
8. Demetrius Pinder – Bahamas

Kirani James:

400 m
45.47i			1	Meyo	Notre Dame IN	5 Feb
					OT
45.37i			1h1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	26 Feb
44.80i AR WJR	PB (1)		1	SEC	Fayetteville AR	27 Feb
46.25i			1h4	NCAA	College Station TX	11 Mar
DNFi			rB	NCAA	College Station TX	12 Mar
45.12			1	Ms Open	Oxford MS	23 Apr
45.92			1h1	SEC	Athens GA	14 May
44.86  AJR			1	SEC	Athens GA	15 May
46.31			1h2	East Prelim	Bloomington IN	26 May
45.68			1s2	East Prelim	Bloomington IN	27 May
45.51			2h3	NCAA	Des Moines IA	8 Jun
45.10			1	NCAA	Des Moines IA	10 Jun
44.61  AJR			1	Aviva	London	5 Aug
45.12			1h4	WC	Daegu	28 Aug
45.20			1s2	WC	Daegu	29 Aug
44.60  AJR			1	WC	Daegu	30 Aug
44.36 NR AJR	PB (2)		1	WK	Zürich	8 Sep
45.33			1	ISTAF	Berlin	11 Sep

2012

400 m
45.96i			1	New Balance	Boston MA	4 Feb
45.19i	SB (2)		1	Classic	Fayetteville AR	11 Feb
45.52i			1	XL Galan	Stockholm	23 Feb
46.64i			1h2	WC	Istanbul	9 Mar
46.04i			2s3	WC	Istanbul	9 Mar
46.21i			6	WC	Istanbul	10 Mar
44.72	SB (3)		1	Colorful	Daegu	16 May

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