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Alex Spink

Max Burgin: “Figuratively and literally I emptied the tank”

Max Burgin did a 'Rudisha’ to become British 800 metres champion - then marked the feat by throwing up.

The 20-year-old Yorkshire star led from trigger to tape to brilliantly beat a stacked field in a time of one minute 44.54 seconds.

His fearless front-running evoked memories of David Rudisha breaking the world record in London in what Seb Coe hailed as THE performance of the 2012 Olympics.

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