Here for the beer

SPECTATORS at tonight's meeting have an extra incentive to cheer on the athletes to world record performances - a free glass …

SPECTATORS at tonight's meeting have an extra incentive to cheer on the athletes to world record performances - a free glass of beer. A Belgian brewery has offered to pay for a free round of drinks for all of the 40,000 crowd if a world record goes. It could be one of the most expensive rounds of drinks ever.

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