Dwight Phillips is out of Olympic Trials, from Caroline Feith, note by Larry Eder

Dwight Phillips, 2011 WC Daegu, photo by PhotoRun.net

Caroline Feith, manager for Dwight Phillips, the four time World Championship gold medalist at the long jump, and 2004 Olympic Champion at the long jump, will not be competing in the 2012 US Olympic Trials next week.

Here is the statement from Caroline Feith:

Reigning
World Champion and 2004 Olympic Champion Dwight Phillips, will not
compete in the US Olympic Trials next week in Eugene, due to injury.

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Dwight
Phillips is aiming to come back even stronger and will be part of the
USA team next year for the World Championships in Moscow.

Author

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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