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The top right photo above shows the athletes at the bell during
the final of the women's 800m at the 2006 European Championships in
Gothenburg. Becky (1261) can be seen well positioned in the pack
alongside the Russians Svetlana Cherkasova (1585) and Svetlana Kyluka
(1606). The bottom right photo shows the race for the line as Kyluka
battles it out for gold with her compatriot Olga Kotlyarova (1611).
It
was Kotlyarova who was to prevail whilst Lyne showed some Sheffield
steel to grab the bronze medal ahead of the Ukrainian, Tatyana Petyluk.
After the race she commented "I should be happy - if you had said at the
beginning of the season that I would win a bronze at the European
Championships then they would have put you in a mental asylum !".
"It's
nice to have lifted British spirits a bit by getting a medal." .
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Women's 800m. Final
European Athletics Champs 2006.
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| 1. Olga KOTLYAROVA |
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RUS |
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1: 57.38 |
| 2. Svetlana KLYUKA |
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RUS |
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1: 57.48 |
| 3. Rebecca LYNE |
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GBR |
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1: 58.45 |
| 4. Tetyana PETLYUK |
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UKR |
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1: 58.65 |
| 5. Brigita LANGERT-HOLC |
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SLO |
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1: 59.30 |
| 6. Teodora KOLAROVA |
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BUL |
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2: 00.00 |
| 7. Mayte MARTINEZ |
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SPA |
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2: 00.10 |
| 8. Svetlana CHERKASOVA |
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RUS |
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2: 03.43 |
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ANNUAL PROGRES 800 metres.
2007 2:00.86 London 03 AUG
2006 1:58.20 Gateshead 11 JUN (Personal best)
2005 2:01.98 Watford 11 JUN
2004 2:01.26 Watford 12 JUN
2003 2:01.76 Sacramento, CA 14 JUN
2002 2:02.45 Manchester 16 JUN
2001 2:05.05 Stretford 31 JUL
2000 2:05.27 Manchester 14 JUN
1999 AAA U20 Junior Champion
2001 AAA Junior Champion
2001 European Junior Champion
2002 Commonwealth Games Trials 5th
2003 European under-23 champion
2003 800m NCAA Division I Outdoor Track Championships, California, 3rd
2006 European Championships, Gothenburg, 3rd
2006 Athletics World Cup, Athens, 4th