It was Lee who gave Edinburgh a further boost with a great burst of speed to the line after Brendan Laney had made the initial break.

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Damien Traille fed the fly-half, whose burst of speed took him away from the chasing New Zealand players before he off-loaded to Jauzion to touch down.

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Even cycling champion Bradley Wiggins, however, is not capable of the sustained burst of speed that is Frankel's hallmark -- every one of his all-devouring strides opened up more and ground between him and the rest of the field.

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Kersee has designed Felix's training to improve her burst out of the starting blocks, her conditioning and her top-end speed.

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In addressing the team's speed, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said there were clearly times where a little more of a burst could have made the difference.

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Shoaib returned for another burst but could not find the same speed with the older ball and was not as dangerous, Ganguly with plenty of time to paddle it round past square-leg to the boundary.

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