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Sport on the dock at US trials
NEW ORLEANS. June 19 : At the US Olympic track and field trials, it seems as if the sport is on trial
as well as the athletes, reports AP.
The trials haven't even .started, but in courtrooms and al news conferences, some of the United States' top stars arc criticising the way the system is run.
Take Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson. Dclisa Floyd and Car) l.cwis.
Ix-wis became the latest to blast American track officials when he said Thursday that the Olympic trials are being held too close to the start of the Barcelona Olympics. The trials end June 28. the Olympics start July 25.
He said there's no reason to run so many heats In the trials, which begin today (Friday).
"Trying to duplicate the Olympics is pretty silly, especially now that most of the athletes have already been lo the Olympics or are experienced in international competition," said Lewis, a six-time Olympic gold medallist. They need to back off and allow the athletes more rest to prepare."
And then there's the plights of Reynolds, Floyd and Johnson.
Reynolds, the world record-holder and 1988 Olympic silver medallist at 400 metres, is fighting the International Amateur Athletic Federation's two-year suspension for alleged drug use. A federal Judge in Columbus, Ohio, will rule Friday whether Reynolds can compete In the trials.
Johnson, top-ranked in the 200 and 400 metres, had asked for an Olympic schcduk-change that would allow him to compete in both events. On Wednesday, seven months later, the change was made but Johnson had already commit ted to run only in the 200 al the trials.
Floyd, the two-time national i luoupiou in the women's 800,
lost her court fight in Denver's US District Court on Tuesday to have her four-year suspension by the IAAF overturned. She tested positive for using a banned substance in 199). After the decision, she said : It's not over yet."
There is certain to be more heat once the trials begin at Tad Gormley Stadium. Average temperatures arc expected to be in the 90-degrcc range, with the humidity about 60 per cent.
On Friday, orcliminarics begin in events including the men's 400 and women's 800. There are quarterfinals tn the men's and women's 100. the first round of the men's and women's 400 hurdles, and the men's 800. Qualifying also begins in the men's and women's Javelin and the men's pole vault and triple Jump, with semifinals in the men's and women’s 10.000 and the women's 3,000.
If Reynolds and Floyd do not compete, they will have plenty of company on the sidelines. including Edwin Moses (two time gold medal winner and 400-mctrc hurdles world record-holder). Andre Phillips (88 gold medallist in the 800), Danny Harris ('84 silver medallist tn the 400 hurdles) and Joan Benoit Samuel»on('84 marathon gold medal winner). Also out, for an assortment of reasons, are Joe Deloach (200 metres), Llewellyn Starks (long Jump), Vicki Huber (3,000 metres). Mated Malone (women's 400) and Shannon Butler (10.000 metres).
Lewis and Jackie Joyner Kersee could be the stars of the trials as they each try lo qualify in four events
Lewis, the world record-holder In the 100. competes in the 100. 200 and long Jump. If he makes the team in any event, be would be eligible for the 4OO-mrtrr relay, Lasl year, he anchored that team lo a world record.
Joyner Kersee, the '88 Olympic champion tn the women's long Jump and hep-
tathloq, will compete In those events plus the iOO-mclrc hurdlcs and high Jump. No woman ever has attempted this quadruple in such a major meet.
Among the most anxiously awaited matchups arc Lewis and Leroy Burrell, the former world record-holder, in the 100; the first meeting between Lewis and Johnson in the 200; Ixwls and world record-holder Mike Powell in the long Jump; and American record-holder Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson in the decathlon.
Friday s decision on Reynolds could have a big impact on the trials.
The IAAF, the sport's governing body, has threatened lo suspend anyone who runs against Reynolds. Thal could cost the United Stales and an Olympic 400-melrc team. Reynolds vowed to compete Saturday if the Judge again rules in his favour.
"Even if I have to have two 6-foot-6 marshals behind me. I will run." he said.