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Baddeley and Halsall progress
Aug 16 2008 by Peter Guy, Liverpool Daily Post
OLYMPICS: There was further success for the region’s athletes in Beijing yesterday as Francesca Halsall and Andy Baddeley progressed.
In the 1,500m Britain’s Andy Baddeley eased through to the semi-finals with a well-judged third.
The 26-year-old’s chances of a medal have been talked up by Sebastian Coe with Baddeley saying: “There is a long way to go. I’m treating that as the next final.”
Meanwhile Southport’s Halsall reached the 50m freestyle semi-finals, before both competing in the women’s 4x100m medley relay teams who progressed to the finals in the Water Cube.
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