Dayron Robles Injured, Season Over, by Bob Ramsak, Track Profile

Dayron Robles was injured in his first hurdle race of the year!

TRACK PROFILE Report #855
12-February-2009
INJURY ENDS ROBLESâ€™ INDOOR SEASON

By Bob Ramsak
(c) 2009 TRACK PROFILE Report, all rights reserved
Olympic 110m hurdles champion and world record holder Dayron Robles has decided to end his indoor season due to a thigh injury.
After canceling a pair of scheduled appearances this winter, the 22-year-old Cuban finally made his debut in Lievin, France, on Tuesday, only to jog through the finish. A subsequent MRI discovered fluid in his tendon and hamstring area, resulting in his coach’s decision to bypass the remainder of the indoor season.
Robles was one of the primary sensations during the 2008 indoor season, winning eight straight races in his build-up to the world indoor championships. His 7.33 second performance in the 60m hurdles in Dusseldorf that season elevated him to the No. 2 position all-time, trailing only Colin Jacksonâ€™s world record of 7.30 set in 1994. A heavy favorite, Robles failed to advance from the opening round at the world indoor championships, but rebounded three months later by setting a world record of 12.87 in the 110m hurdles in Ostrava, Czech Republic, in just his third race of the outdoor season.
He won 12 of his 14 competitions outdoors in 2008, including the Olympic title in Beijing.
Robles was expected to compete at the BW-Bank Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Sunday, and at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham, England, on Saturday, Feb. 21.
ENDS
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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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