The veteran Kiwi middle distance runner was six seconds shy of the automatic Olympic 1500 metres qualifying mark at the Sir Graeme Douglas International track and field meet in Auckland over the weekend.

He is continuing to build towards a potential third Games medal in Tokyo.

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