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Steffensen under fire in return to Sydney

Saturday, 18 February 2012 15:27
The Daily Telegraph - Mike Hurst

Welcome home John Steffensen. It's good to have the both of you back.


So which Steffensen will we see at the Sydney Track Classic this Saturday night? The one that embraces the sport and everyone in it, or the one who threatened to take an AVO out against the Athletics Australia president at last years national championships?

Who cares, right? So long as Steffensen puts on a show in the 400m, perhaps the most eagerly anticipated race on the program at Homebush and the last before the Olympic Trials start in Melbourne on March 1.

Read the full story at the Daily Telegraph

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