Felix, Tarmoh reach 200 final
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 6 months AGO
* TRACK AND FIELD
Allyson Felix is looking solid on the track even in the midst of controversy, winning her semifinal heat at the Olympic trials on Friday in Eugene, Ore.
Same with training partner Jeneba Tarmoh, who moments earlier captured her race convincingly, too.
After the 200 final today, these two sprinters will finally address what everyone is anxious to know: Just how they will break their third-place tie in the 100 and decide who earns the final spot to the London Games in the event.
A runoff? A flip of the coin?
Soon, there will be a resolution. Maybe even something as simple as one of them surrendering the spot to the other.
The controversy has overshadowed everything at the trials.
Including this: Some of the biggest names in U.S. sprinting were missing from the starting blocks in the opening round of the men's 200 meters. Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay were expected to sit out this race after securing spots to London in the 100.
But the absence of Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix was a bit of a surprise. Dix was hampered by a lingering left hamstring injury that slowed him in the 100, but he thought he might be ready for the 200.
Now, Dix's only option for making it to London will be as a member of the 400 relay team.
Jeshua Anderson, formerly of Washington State, failed to qualify for the finals in the 400 intermediate hurdles.
* SWIMMING
Nathan Adrian won the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., while Cullen Jones took the second spot for London.
* GYMNASTICS
Reigning world champion Jordyn Wieber breezed through the first night of the Olympic trials at San Jose, Calif., and all but assuring herself of the lone guaranteed spot on the five-woman London team. Wieber finished with 61.7 points, 0.3 points ahead of Gabby Douglas.