Francesca Xuereb through to 400m final

Francesca Xuereb continued with her spate of impressive results outside our shores after qualifying for the 400m final in the European Youth Olympic Festival, currently underway in Belgrade, yesterday. She was second in her heat with a time of 56.62...

Francesca Xuereb continued with her spate of impressive results outside our shores after qualifying for the 400m final in the European Youth Olympic Festival, currently underway in Belgrade, yesterday.

She was second in her heat with a time of 56.62 seconds. The winner of the qualifying race, held in blistering heat with temperatures hovering above 40°C, was the Ukraine runner who crossed the line in 56.30 seconds.

The winning times in the other two 400m heats were 56.18 and 57.36 seconds.

Xuereb was among the medal winners for Malta in the Monaco GSSE in June and, earlier this month, she also reached the final of the 400m race in the World Junior Championships.

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