Athletics: Bing makes solid start to Olympic qualifying campaign
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Save Portia Bing during the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015. Photo / Getty Images
Kiwi heptathlete Portia Bing has made a solid start to her Olympic qualifying campaign.
She's finished second at the combined events challenge in Florence with 5987 points.
It's more than 200 points short of the A Rio entry standard, but she managed personal bests in the 800 metres and javelin.
London Olympian Brent Newdick finished ninth in the decathlon, almost 1000 points short of the A standard.
