ATHLETICS.
Australian Press Assn.— United Service THE OLYMPIA TRACK. (Received this day at 8 a.rn.) AMSTERDAM, July 20. Krcigsman, track construction expert, who was sunundney to Holland to advise regarding the Olympic track, confirms tho Australian press criticisms. He jHiints out it is built on a faulty basis. Tho substrata is so bard that till elasticity is knocked out and part of the- top-layer is crumbling and uneven. Moreover tlie bends are too sharp for record times in two hundred and four hundred metres. If the drought continues the track will otherwise be in tip-top condition, but if it rains the track is likely to cut up bnd-
Thc Olympic authorities are also considerably alarmed whether the stadium will accommodate tlie spectators anxious to visit the stadium, which will Only accommodate 25,000. Hie city is filling up with all nationalities. The demand for tickets is far beyond expectations. S.ix hundred newspaper men alone have applied.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1928, Page 1
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