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100 METRES HURDLES
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WOMEN
Wind:
Pts
1 Devers
Gail
USA 12.85
24.0
2 Alozie
Glory
NGR 12.94
21.0
3 Ennis-London
Delloreen
JAM 12.96
18.0
4 Morrison
Melissa
USA 13.00
15.0
5 Couch-Jewell
Sharon
USA 13.06
12.0
6 Freeman
Michelle
JAM 13.11
9.0
I guess T&F has reached a level that I will
never understand.
phil weishaar
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Isn't that the truth !!!! That is exactly what I
was saying last week in a post I made about the Olympics and all of the
individuals that had various excuses and didn't even seem to try .. Many
didn't even step foot on the track .. I said it privately to some folks last
week and will say it now with conviction - Devers did not seem to be hurt in
her Olympic semi and I'm sorry but if she were she wouldn't still be kicking
everyone's butt in this meet .. One thing seems clear - few are competing for
the love of the sport any more .. While I have not been a big Donovan Bailey
fan in the past, he did show up and run .. He was eliminated early, but he
gave it a shot .. So many DIDN'T give it a shot .. At the Olympics of all
places .. That once in lifetime place for most where dreams are supposed to
come true .. Oh wait a minute .. That was in the old millennium .. This is the
new millennium .. The one where money rules .. Where drugs apparently reign ..
And where you can't tell the players without a dope sheet (pun intended) ..
And where its hard to tell if an athlete isn't competing somewhere due to a)
injury, b) fearful of drug test, c) not enough money being offered, or d) some
combination of the above .. I saw it coming when Carl Lewis and the SMTC squad
quit running at Nationals because they couldn't make money .. Since then it
has evolved to what we have seen in the last month - between the Olympics and
the Grand Prix final .. I love track and field .. Always have .. Always will
.. Strip away the bullshit and it is a beautiful sport .. Something for
everyone .. A chance for all to excel .. The height of human competition ..
Excitement galore .. But if this is what money is doing/has done to the sport,
well I don't know .. I know before the money there were lots of big time track
meets here in the state of California .. Since the money there are only a
couple .. Before the money I could watch the best sprinters in the world
almost every weekend right here in California .. Since the money maybe once
every couple years .. Before the money people would cut off a leg and run with
just one to be able to run in the Olympics .. Now if it don't feel right you
just pass on the opportunity .. Hell, why did we want the sport to have more
money anyway ??????
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