Willis pounding the home beat
Kiwi runner Nick Willis hopes to add to an already impressive trophy cabinet at a Christchurch athletics meeting this week, but his biggest prize is in the mail.
The Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist is in Christchurch for an international track and field event at Queen Elizabeth II Park on Thursday.
Willis said he was excited to be competing in a Christchurch event.
"It's great to have international-quality races back in New Zealand," he said. "Once I got to this level, I really wanted the opportunity to do it in front of my home fans."
Willis did not compete in the Christchurch event last year after a hip injury ruled him out of most of the 2009 season.
His recovery was boosted by news that his 2008 1500-metres Olympic bronze medal was being upgraded to silver after Beijing winner Rashid Ramzi failed a drugs test.
Willis said the silver medal was "in the mail as we speak".
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