Danny Crates qualified fastest in the T46 800m qualifying heats in Athens this morning.
Pupils at the Corringham runners' old school, Gable Hall, saw him clock 1:58.48 in the first heat.
"I ran a comfortable race," said Crates. "My goal for the final is only one thing -- to get first place."
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