Menace Tomackie ; American 400m Star Granteduk Passport in Time to Challenge Scot for Place in Athens Side

Daily Mail (July 10, 2004)

Author: Neil Wilson; John Greechan

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SCOTS sprinter Ian Mackie's Olympic dream was last night under threat - from an American 400m flier.

Incredibly, Californian Malachi Davis, a US quarter-miler with a two-day-old UK passport, arrived in Manchester last night in a controversial bid to secure a place in Britain's Olympic team.

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Menace Tomackie ; American 400m Star Granteduk Passport in Time to Challenge Scot for Place in Athens Side

Davis was able to show a passport issued to him in Los Angeles last Wednesday to immigration - and that was good enough for UK Athletics to welcome him to today's Olympic Trials.

His inclusion means that Mackie faces an unexpected and dange...

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