Allyson Felix’s chance at the Olympic double is over.
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Now it’s her schedule that needs adjusting.
The 25-year-old earned her first Olympic berth July 3 when she qualified in the 100 meters with a time of 10.78 in the trials.
Allyson Felix breezed into the semi-finals of the 200 meters at the US Olympic track and field trials here Friday in her first race over the distance in 10 months.
“When I give all I have and I run 22.5 it’s just not there”, said Felix, whose personal best for the 200m is 21.69sec. “The whole year, that has been what I was working for. I’m excited, loved being here, and I’m looking forward to Rio”.
Their male counterparts’ race was more competitive, as Kerron Clement picked up a come-from-behind victory on the strength of his last 50 meters in the 400 hurdles to take the national title.
She has the aching right ankle and Jenna Prandini the crowd support.
That was the problem for Felix, who had won the trials 400. She can surpass Jackie Joyner-Kersee as the most decorated US track and field female Olympian of alltime, as Felix and Joyner-Kersee are now tied at six Olympic medals each.
On Sunday night, Bowie won the women’s 200 meters final at the Olympic Trials in Oregon.
The third place finisher in the women’s race, 16-year-old Sydney McLaughlin, became the youngest athlete to ever qualify for the Olympics in the 400 metres hurdles. She finished fifth in the event on Sunday at the European Championships in Amsterdam with a time of 4:34.41.
Not bad for the junior out of Union Catholic High School in New Jersey, who turned on the 2008 Olympics, saw Felix winning the 1,600 relay and thought, “I’d like to be like her, someday”.
Tori Bowie finished first and local collegian Deajah Stevens claimed the runner-up spot.
Jordan Hasay, a former OR athlete, finished 13th in the women’s 5,000 final, missing the Olympic team.
This will be Huddle’s second Olympic appearance. Her injury had prevented her from doing enough speed work, costing her a chance to defend her Olympic 200 title. She said that she and her husband had brought all four of their dogs with them and that being with them made her happy and helped her move on emotionally. Last weekend, Brenda Martinez was devastated when she got tripped in the 800-meter final and left behind at the finish.
For a 22-second race, the wait lasted almost 20 seconds for the third-place result to flash on the screen. In 2015, she won bronze in the 100 at the world championships in Beijing.
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For Australia, the Mavericks’ Andrew Bogut has been named to the 12-man team despite concerns over his fitness. Group B is Spain, Lithuania, Argentina, Brazil, Croatia and Nigeria. Bogut was traded to Dallas after the Finals.
