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Isle of Wight Athlete At World Championships

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Isle of Wight Athlete At World Championships
By Emily Wells Sat, 10 March 2012 7:00AM

An Isle of Wight athlete is representing Britain in the World Athletic Championships today.

20 year old James Foreman is in Istanbul for the competition, where he's set to compete in the 4x400 metre relay.

The race will be shown on Channel 4 at 9.20am UK time this morning (Saturday).

If the Brits qualify for the final they'll compete again on Sunday in the final event of the Championship at 3.40pm UK time.

Foreman is the youngest in the relay team, he joins Nigel Levine, 22 (Windsor Slough Eton & Hounslow), Richard Buck, 116( City of York), Conrad Williams, 29 (Kent), Michael Bingham, 25 (Birchfield), and Luke Lennon Ford, 22 (Birchfield).

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