Peter Bol

Peter Bol rolled his ankle on Tuesday night. After a night of treatment he breezed through to Sunday's 800m final in the fastest time of the day.

He sat over Tuwei until the final back straight, when at the 550m mark he eased out, took the lead and quickly opened up a gap on the field. I don’t really overthink [it], I just went back got some medical, iced it and it was getting better by the night and then in the morning ready to go. What about sitting in the middle? He finished seventh and was disappointed. Bol spent the year after the Olympics working out where to run. “I wasn’t playing basketball, I just rolled it on the curb at the track.

National record holder Peter Bol has made light of a pre-race injury scare to cruise into the men's...

That's the first time ever." "There's the nerves, the pressure, just executing on the day. "To be honest that did feel easy and I enjoyed that a lot," said the 28-year-old. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in Birmingham. "I just rolled it on the curb at the track. "I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I'm perfectly fine, so it's a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia.

Australia's Peter Bol ignores a pre-race injury scare to comfortably advance to the men's 800 metres final in Birmingham.

That's the first time ever." After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in his Birmingham heat. - He says he was not troubled by a rolled ankle in the lead-up to his heat

The 28-year-old revealed he had rolled his ankle prior to his race, yet there was no sign of any such niggle as he stamped his authority on the competition ...

'To be honest I did feel at ease and I enjoyed that a lot,' he said. I don't really overthink so I thought just go back, get some medical, ice it and see what happens Peter Bol wins his 800m heat at the Commonwealth Games as Australian basks in 'easy' victory despite rolling his ANKLE the night before his race in Birmingham

National record holder Peter Bol has made light of a pre-race injury scare to cruise into the men's...

That's the first time ever." "There's the nerves, the pressure, just executing on the day. "To be honest that did feel easy and I enjoyed that a lot," said the 28-year-old. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in Birmingham. "I just rolled it on the curb at the track. "I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I'm perfectly fine, so it's a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia.

National record holder Peter Bol has made light of a pre-race injury scare to cruise into the men's...

That's the first time ever." "There's the nerves, the pressure, just executing on the day. "To be honest that did feel easy and I enjoyed that a lot," said the 28-year-old. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in Birmingham. "I just rolled it on the curb at the track. "I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I'm perfectly fine, so it's a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia.

National record holder Peter Bol has made light of a pre-race injury scare to cruise into the men's...

That's the first time ever." "There's the nerves, the pressure, just executing on the day. "To be honest that did feel easy and I enjoyed that a lot," said the 28-year-old. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in Birmingham. "I just rolled it on the curb at the track. "I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I'm perfectly fine, so it's a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia.

National record holder Peter Bol has made light of a pre-race injury scare to cruise into the men's...

That's the first time ever." "There's the nerves, the pressure, just executing on the day. "To be honest that did feel easy and I enjoyed that a lot," said the 28-year-old. After finishing a disappointing seventh in the final at the recent world championships in Eugene, Bol was thrilled to get the tactics just right in Birmingham. "I just rolled it on the curb at the track. "I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I'm perfectly fine, so it's a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia.

Australia's Peter Bol qualified fastest for for the men's 800m final despite having rolled an ankle earlier in the week.

“I was taking my shoe off, trying to get some sort of relief, taping it here and there but really I just had to grit my teeth and jump through it. I need more training in my legs and I need a big winter off-season.” “I thought about packing it in after worlds and just getting back home and into some training for next year and I am glad I decided to persist. “To be honest, I did feel at ease and I enjoyed that a lot,” he said. I try to take each win and race in my stride but once you’re here you just want to be on that podium. “I rolled my ankle yesterday and I was limping on the way back and today I’m perfectly fine, so it’s a massive thanks to the medical team at Athletics Australia,” he said. O’Hanlon, who has twice retired from the track during his lengthy and decorated career but returned to win bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics, said he hoped could further add to his medal collection at the Games in 2024. “It was just an ugly, painful kind of race and it’s one of those tough nights. The ease with which he claimed the heat is testament to this. It was getting better by the night and then in the morning, I was like, ‘Bam, I’m ready to go’.” On Tuesday, when he rolled an ankle ahead of his appearance in a heat of the 800m in Birmingham, Bol would have been forgiven for fearing the worst. Resilience has been a feature throughout Peter Bol’s extraordinary life and the Australian athlete was not going to let an injured ankle derail his Commonwealth Games dreams.