Tarmoh gives up 100m Olympic spot
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July 4, 2012, Wednesday
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ALLYSON Felix will run in the 100 and 200 meters at the London Olympics after Jeneba Tarmoh backed out of a planned Monday run-off for the last 100m berth, USA Track and Field announced.
Tarmoh sent an e-mail to officials on Monday morning saying that she was withdrawing from the run-off, which had been scheduled for Monday afternoon to settle a women's 100m final deadlock for third place from nine days earlier.
Tarmoh and Felix shared third, and the last Olympic berth on offer, after a photo finish proved inconclusive and each was timed in 11.068 seconds on June 23 during the US Olympic Track and Field Trials. "I Jeneba Tarmoh have decided to decline my 3rd place position in the 100m dash to Allyson Felix," Tarmoh wrote in an e-mail sent to USA Track and Field president Stephanie Hightower. "I understand that with this decision I am no longer running the 100m dash in the Olympic Games and will be an alternate for the event.
"As an alternate I understand that I will be asked to run if another 100m runner decides not to for personal reasons, and/or on the 4x100m relay."
Changed her mind
Tarmoh, who secured a trip to London as part of the US Olympic 4x100m relay pool by virtue of her top-four 100m finish, did not explain why she changed her mind after agreeing to the runoff.
Felix and Tarmoh are training partners under coach Bob Kersee, who was adamant that he did not want to have a run-off because of the potential injury risk to both women.
On her Twitter account, Tarmoh posted, "Big thanks to friends and family who support my decision" and even a critic's tweet to her that said, "if u felt u won the 1st time then prove it in the runoff... u don't deserve to go to the Olympics anyway", but still gave no clue as to what changed her mind.
Steve Nelson, Tarmoh's former high school coach, told the San Jose Mercury-News that while Tarmoh does not blame Felix, "it has definitely affected her emotionally... This is Jeneba against the world. She feels like it's everybody against her."
Tarmoh sent an e-mail to officials on Monday morning saying that she was withdrawing from the run-off, which had been scheduled for Monday afternoon to settle a women's 100m final deadlock for third place from nine days earlier.
Tarmoh and Felix shared third, and the last Olympic berth on offer, after a photo finish proved inconclusive and each was timed in 11.068 seconds on June 23 during the US Olympic Track and Field Trials. "I Jeneba Tarmoh have decided to decline my 3rd place position in the 100m dash to Allyson Felix," Tarmoh wrote in an e-mail sent to USA Track and Field president Stephanie Hightower. "I understand that with this decision I am no longer running the 100m dash in the Olympic Games and will be an alternate for the event.
"As an alternate I understand that I will be asked to run if another 100m runner decides not to for personal reasons, and/or on the 4x100m relay."
Changed her mind
Tarmoh, who secured a trip to London as part of the US Olympic 4x100m relay pool by virtue of her top-four 100m finish, did not explain why she changed her mind after agreeing to the runoff.
Felix and Tarmoh are training partners under coach Bob Kersee, who was adamant that he did not want to have a run-off because of the potential injury risk to both women.
On her Twitter account, Tarmoh posted, "Big thanks to friends and family who support my decision" and even a critic's tweet to her that said, "if u felt u won the 1st time then prove it in the runoff... u don't deserve to go to the Olympics anyway", but still gave no clue as to what changed her mind.
Steve Nelson, Tarmoh's former high school coach, told the San Jose Mercury-News that while Tarmoh does not blame Felix, "it has definitely affected her emotionally... This is Jeneba against the world. She feels like it's everybody against her."
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