PNG’s top track male athlete and 400m gold medallist of the Pacific and Digicel’s brand ambassador-Nelson Stone is set to fly to Sydney, Australia tomorrow to train and compete in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games scheduled for  27 July to 12 August, 2012.

 Nelson said his focus area to train in Sydney is the 400 metres track and he will be concentrating on scoring good running times to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

“I will be training and competing in Australia hopefully for more than three months and I am looking to compete in the ‘Brisbane Classic’ set to kick start this weekend. I will participate in Relays and Individual 200 meters track. I am really looking forward for the training and I will do my best to compete in the competitions in Australia to prepare myself well for the London Olympics,” he said.

The Sprint King said he will also be looking at competing in the 400 metres, 200 metres and 100 metres track events in the Australian Domestic Season as a warm up to the London Olympics this year.

Nelson Stone is the brand ambassador for PNG’s bigger, better network-Digicel and is currently utilizing the company’s state of the art gymnasium to keep fit.

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