English Gardner just did it! photo by PhotoRun.net
At the press conference number two, held on June 30, English Gardner was quick to say, with a smile, that she was here to win. Well, she did just that.
Tori Bowie, Tianna Bartoletta and English Gardner got out well, with Bowie just a bit behind. Tianna Bartoletta took off, and was not giving up an inch, churning down the middle of the race. English Gardner, arms pumping, and focused on the finish line, just would not stop.
English Gardner ran 10.74 for the win, with Tianna Bartoletta in second in 10.78 and Tori Bowie in 10.78. Tori Bowie seemed to let up just a bit around midway and could not get up to Bartoletta and Gardner.
Tori Bowie’s third place, 10.78, is the fastest non-winning time in an Olympic Trials ever.
Morolake Akinosun was fourth in 10.95. Jenna Prandini was fifth in 10.96 and Ariana Washington was sixth in 11.01.
More to come!
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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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