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Dayron Robles, gold medalist, Beijing Olympics, August 2008, photo by PhotoRun.net.
Dayron Robles, the Cuban superstar over the 110 meter hurdles will not make the final. In the third semi final, Dayron made it over the second hurdle, clutched his hamstring, and put his hand in front of the third hurdle, not clearing the third hurdle. He was in obvious agony and was helped off the track.
Robles is the 2007 gold medalist in the 110 meter hurdles world champion from Osaka and in 2008, was the Olympic gold medalist. Quite popular in the athletics world, Dayron hurt himself, apparently in the early two rounds and had been considered up in the air for the semi finals.
In the men’s 110m hurdle finals, the US will be represented by David Payne, Osaka bronze medalist, Beijing silver medalist and 2009 US champ, and Terrance Trammell, the silver medalist in Sydney and Athens, and silver medalist in Paris 2003 and Osaka 2007, in the finals.
My picks for the finals: David Payne, gold, Terrance Trammel, silver, Ryan Brathwaite, Barbados, bronze.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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