London 2012: Sanchez regains Olympic men's 400m hurdles title

AFP, Monday 6 Aug 2012

Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic won the men's 400m hurdles Olympic title on Monday in a time of 47.63sec, taking a title he first won at the 2004 Athens Games

Felix Sanchez

The 34-year-old beat home American Michael Tinsley, who ran a personal best of 47.91sec, while the pre-race favourite Javier Culson of Puerto Rico took bronze in 48.10sec.

Great Britain's world champion Dai Greene finished fourth.

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