SPAIN: MICHAEL JOHNSON SPEAKS ABOUT HIS NEW 400 METRES WORLD RECORD AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEVILLE
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SPAIN: MICHAEL JOHNSON SPEAKS ABOUT HIS NEW 400 METRES WORLD RECORD AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEVILLE
- Title: SPAIN: MICHAEL JOHNSON SPEAKS ABOUT HIS NEW 400 METRES WORLD RECORD AT WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SEVILLE
- Date: 27th August 1999
- Summary: SEVILLE, SPAIN (AUGUST 27, 1999) 1. MICHAEL JOHNSON ARRIVES FOR NEWS CONFERENCE 2. PHOTOGRAPHERS 3. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) JOHNSON SAYS "I'm extremely pleased with it (the new 400 metres world record). I think I've said before the opportunity was there. I was in great shape, the crowd was great. The conditions were right and I wanted to give it my best shot." 4. MEDIA/ (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) JOHNSON SAYS "I think I would have broken it a while back had I been pushed. I realised some time ago that in order to break the world record I was going to have to do it by myself and it wasn't going to because of being pushed. Most of the time I've been chasing this record knowing I'd have to do it alone." 5. JOHNSON TAPS HIS FINGERS ON HIS KNEE 6. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) JOHNSON TALK ABOUT HIS WORLD RECORDS "It's like children (laughs) of which I don't have any yet. It would have to be like children, you can't pick one. They're both valuable. Very dear to me. They're both special for their own particular reasons. The first one being my first world record. This last one more special than just breaking a world record because of the timing when I broke. The time in my career when I broke it is special. 7. CAMERAS 8. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) JOHNSON SAYS "I've always felt I can run under 43 seconds and running 43.18 is a confirmation of that. It's a step towards that so this gives me confidence going into next year and the Sydney Olympics. I think there'll be an opportunity there to run under 43 seconds 9. CUTAWAY JOHNSON'S KNEE 10. (SOUNDBITE) (ENGLISH) REPORTER ASKS "Is there a limit? JOHNSON SAYS "There is a limit but I never put limits on myself. If I'd put limits on myself I wouldn't have run 19:32 That taught me not to put limits in and so I have no limits." 11. JOHNSON'S COACH CLYDE HART 12. MRS JOHNSON (MICHAEL'S WIFE) 13. JOHNSON WITH GOLD MEDAL 14. C/U MEDAL AND JOHNSON Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: SEVILLE, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
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