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Court bars Reynolds from US Olympic trials

Battle heats up in men’s 100m
NEW ORLEANS. June 20: Just hours after Butch Reynolds promised that he would run the
400 meters and make the Olympic team, a federal court said that he could not compete In the US Olympic Track and Field Trials, reports AP.
"This certainly isn’t a victorious feeling for the Athletic Congress." said Frank Greenberg, president of the Athletic Congress. “Butch Reynolds is a world-class athlete."
Reynolds, the world record holder and 1988 Olympic stiver medalist tn the 400, is also a world class battler, taking on the International Amateur Athletic Federation, the International Olympic Committee and TAC.
The IAAF suspended Reynolds for two years after he tested positive for steroids in August 1990, the JOC said he could not run In the trials, and TAC dropped Its support of him during the final stages of the fight
Reynolds' suspension will be over August 12 — two days after the summer Olympics end.
On Friday, Renolds secured an Injunction that would have allowed him to run in the trials Saturday, but the 6th US Cir cult Court of Appeals reversed the ruling Friday night. One of Reynolds attorneys said they would not appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
While Reynolds’ battle drew more attention, the battle between Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell in the ,100 meters heated up.
Lewis and Burrell finished first in their Initial heals. Lewis with a 10.33 and Burrell at 10.09 In the quarterfinals, both were second — Lewis at
10.17 and Burrell at 10.27.
Meanwhile. Santa Monica Track Club teammate Mike Marsh, who ran a 10.29 In the first race tied Burrell for the best time to the day at 10.09 in the quarterfinals.
Lewis’ training partner and chief threat Burrell also had an up-and-down day. He won his preliminary race in a swift 10.09 seconds, then took second in his quarter-final in 10.27 seconds.
"I didn't know the guy was on my right.' Burrell, the world silver medalist, said of little-known Ricky Carrigan.
T thought 1 had it won. I didn’t accelerate the way I should have, but it’s just the quarter-finals."
Contender Dennis Mitchell also advanced, but Indoor 60 metres world record holder Andre Cason, hampered by Achilles tendon problems, fell in the first round and had lo be carried off the track.
Lewis limped across the finish line in the quarterfinals and later blamed dehydration due to the 90 degree Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) temperatures.
"I was cramping tn the block. My calves cramped the entire race, the entire race, '^Earfi'e r, a confident Reynolds praised the injunction that would have allowed him to run on Saturday but said it should never have reached that point.
TAC officials, seeking to prevent Reynolds from competing and "Contaminating" the other 31 entrants tn the 400 field. Including his younger brother. Jeff, appealed lo the Cincinnati court after the fed eral court ruling.
"Butch Reynolds Is not here to contaminate any athlete." Reynolds said. "I am Innocent of all accusations. I have proven that for the last 21
months.’’
The IAAFs threat to suspend the runners would, in effect, have meant the United States would have had no 400 runners in the Olympics at Barcelona.
Greenberg said concern for the other athletes in the event had finally overridden TAC’s concern for Reynolds.
"Wc were concerned that early on the ruling that came out of London was the entire US learn (could be barred from Ihe Olympics),’’ Greenberg said. "Later it has seemed to be just the 400. but what concerns us is that they can do either."
Although TAC was concerned for the other athletes, it did not abandon Reynolds, Greenberg said.
"Our statutory duty is to protect the athletes. We felt wc did everything that wc could for Butch." Greenberg said. "I doubt that any court In the Untied States could haye pul Hutch on the line We did as much as we could."
The women’s 100 semis and finals will also be run. Gwen Torrence. Who shook off a strained muscle behind her left knee after the first race, came back to post an 1 1.26 In the quarterfinals Michelle Finn matched that time and Ester Jones and Gail Devers had I 1.31 as 24 runners made It to the semifinals
Jackie Joyner-Kersec began her quest to defend her Olympic heptathlon title, trying to qualify for the US team on Saturday with the 100-mc ter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200 meters. Joyner-Kersee. the 1987 world champion, pulled a hamstring in the 200 meters at the world championships in Japan last August and did not finish the event.