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Track and Field Olympic news
The men’s 110-meter hurdles kept fans on the edge of their seats as the Olympic gold medal favorite and 4 time world champion, Allen Johnson, hit a hurdle early and was out of the top 3 spots until the final steps of the race.
2000 Olympic silver medalist Terrence Trammell ran the best race of his life, finishing 1st in a personal best time of 13.09. 1999 world outdoor bronze medalist Duane Ross finished 2nd in 13.21, with Johnson furiously sprinting past Ron Bramlett to claim the 3rd and final Olympic spot, 13.29 to Bramlett’s 13.33. Alan Webb made the men’s 1,500 meters a demonstration sport, powering away from the field at will at the Eight Hundred meter mark, passed in 1:57.26. From there, it was the Alan Webb show as his fellow athletes jockeyed for 2nd and 3rd. With the crowd roaring its approval, Webb crossed the line, fists pumping, in 3:36.13 to win the first U.S. track title of his career. Charlie Gruber was second in 3:38.45, with Rob Myers third in 3:38.93.
Webb and Grant Robison, who competed in the semifinal round but did not advance to the final, will be in the 1st 2 roster positions submitted to the USOC, since only they have reached the Olympic “A” standard of 3:36.20. Gruber, as the highest finisher with the B standard of 3:38.00, will be listed in the 3rd position and has until August 9 to achieve the A standard and earn the right to compete in Athens. Because Myers does not have the B standard, the alternate will be 5th place finisher Jason Lunn (3:40.81), who is the next-highest finisher with the B standard. Lunn also can chase the A standard until August 9. |
Shawn Crawford and his training partner, Justin Gatlin, went an impressive 1-2 in the men’s 200 meters as both men earned an Olympic spot in their 2nd events. A disappointed 3rd in the 100m, Crawford entered the final stretch in the lead and never relinquished it, despite Gatlin’s best efforts. The 100m runner-up closed the gap on Crawford in the final Thirty meters, but Crawford held him off with a time of 19.99 seconds to Gatlin’s 20.01.
The women’s 1,500m more than made up for any drama that the men’s race lacked, as several women who had just missed Olympic Team spots earlier in the Olympic Trials made a run at their last chance for an Olympic berth. Carrie Tollefson, 6th in the 5,000 meters, led from the gun through splits of 1:06.67 for 400 meters and 2:14.56 for 800. As the pack slowly began to stretch out, Tollefson continued to lead. In the final 200 meters, United States indoor 800 and 1,500m champion Jen Toomey passed Tollefson with Seventy meters to go. Tollefson fought back as Toomey drifted in and slowed, and Tollefson burst through, first to the finish in 4:08.32. Toomey was second in 4:08.43.
Forty-two-year-old Teresa Vaill has potentially became the oldest female United states. Olympian in history by winning the women’s 20 km race walk in 1 hour 35 minutes, 57 seconds. Vaill was well ahead of 2nd place finisher Joann Dow, who finished in 1:38:42, and Bobbi Chapman in third (1:39:01). Among the finishers in the race, only Dow has achieved the Olympic “A” standard of 1:33:00. If neither Vaill, Chapman nor 4th place finisher Susan Armenta (1:42:07) is able to achieve the A standard by August 9, Vaill will be the only United States representative in Athens, under the rule that states if only one athlete will compete in an event, it will be the Olympic Trials champion rather than an athlete with an A standard. If Chapman, Armenta or Vaill get the A standard, then only athletes with the A standard will compete.
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