Olympic legend, Ed Moses, believes world 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene can win Olympic gold in London if he is not distracted from his preparations.
However Moses has said that Greene needs to gain "more power" if he is to break 48 seconds regularly. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, the two time Olympic champion said: "People will put the medal around your neck before you even finish training. My advice is just to say 'look we'll wait and see'." He added: "You have got to keep your head calm. That's what I did throughout my whole career, I didn't think about winning. "You will decide on race day what the outcome will be. Talking about the race is what blows athletes' minds. [Avoiding distractions] will make it a lot easier on you." Moses is a man who knows the importance of using home advantage and not letting the pressure defeat you, as he won gold in his hometown Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984. He went on to be unbeaten for 122 races over the course of 9 years. Greene, 25, ran a brilliant race to win Britain's first gold of the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea in a time of 48.26 seconds, adding the world crown to his European and Commonwealth titles. However, the race was one of the slowest in World Championship history and Moses warned Welshman Greene, who has a personal best of 47.88 seconds, that conditions will be very different in London next summer. "Dai ran a good race and burned everybody out, but in the Olympics it's going to be a much faster race. The start is going to be key. Once you get the momentum coming out of the blocks, you keep that going. "If you don't have it out of the blocks, you'll never have the opportunity to capitalise." Moses, whose best time of 47.02 seconds means he is still the second fastest 400m hurdler of all time, added that Greene also needs to refine his hurdling technique. "You need to clean up your hurdling in the turn," he told Greene. "You need to figure out how you can stay as close to the line as possible. "Measure it at eight inches - if you run outside, you're running further. "You also need to find a way to really get some power in order to be able to run 47 seconds multiple times if necessary. You might have to do that in the semi-final if you get in the wrong heat." Greene will be hoping to show Moses that he can run consistently fast enough to win gold this summer.
