Hurdler Recovers for Gold

Track: Decatur medal count climbs Decatur >Continued from Cl seconds with American agree. He added the 20( record holder Dominique meter title Sunday ti Trammell had felt the Arnold second in 13.17. the 100-meter crown hi muscle tear while running Although Trammell won won Friday, blazing to thi hurdler the fastest race of his life in the 2004 Olympic Trials, he second-fastest time in his• the Reebok Grand Prix in had four runner-up finishes tory of 19.62 seconds. New York. just before the at outdoor nationals and a Wallace Spearmon Jr. wa: seventh hurdle. he eased off World Championships silver second in 19.89 seconds recovers and lost to Chinese Olym- in 2003 to go along with his while 400 -meter specialis. pic champion Liu Xiang, silver medals at the 2000 Jeremy Wariner was loud! but still equaled the sev- and 2004 Olympics. in 20.35. enth-fastest time in history, "I've had my share of sil- "I was hearing breathing 12.95 seconds. If not for vers and I want to be able to the whole time and I didn' the injury, Trammell said, get a few golds now." he said. know if it was me or him.' for gold he could have broken Liu's Trammell is the fourth Gay said of Spearmon. world record of 12.88 sec- athlete from Decatur to Allyson Felix won the onds with a time of 12.84 or win a title at this U.S. Out- women's 200, barely edging Trammell recently 12.85 seconds. door Championships, join- Sanya Richards, wh( Instead, his hurdling then ing former training partner redeemed herself after plac- injured, still wins came to a complete halt. Angelo Taylor (400 meters), ing fourth in the 400 meter "I did therapy, just about By KAREN DeeDee Trotter (400 and missing a spot on the all day, every day," Trammell ROSEN krosen@aj meters) and Dwight Phillips U.S. World Championships said, "Acupuncture, micro c.com (long jump). team in that event. current, hot laser, hyper- . "I just felt like I had to "I wasn't sure it I had it Indianapolis — Everybody baric chamber, chiroprac- hold up my end," Trammell I didn't want to go on the knows two-time Olympic silver tic massage, you name it, I said. track and not race fast,' medalist Terrence Trammell is a fast did it, as long as it was legal. He also wants to continue Richards said. "I have 1'; hurdler. It was very tedious, very the U.S. hurdles tradition tamily members here; the Apparently he's a fast healer, too. stressful." and become the third Geor- all told me. 'Girl, you have Trammell won his first U.S. out- When Trammell stepped gian to win a gold medal nothing to be ashamed of. door national title Sunday in the onto the Georgia Tech track in the event, joining Spec You gave it your best. Go out 110 -meter hurdles despite suffering last Tuesday, he hadn't gone Towns (1936) and Roger today and try again." a mild tear in the abductor muscle in over any hurdles in 17 days. Kingdom (1984. 1988). Alan Webb broke Stew his trail leg on lune 2. An entire Summer Olympics Trammell's rivalry with Scott's 25-year-old meet "It took a long time for me to takes 17 days. He advanced Liu is "causing a big media record by one-tenth of a even be able to walk without major from the first round as the frenzy," he said. "At this second in winning the 1,500 pain," said Trammell, 28, of Atlanta. 15th out of 16 competitors, point I clearly think we have meters with a time of 3: "The diagnosis was 6-8 weeks to slowly gaining confidence. the hottest event in all of 34.82. Webb dueled Bernard recover, and this is week 3. I wasn't In the final. Trammell led track and field:' Lagat, who had already won supposed to be here." wire to wire to win in 13.08 Tyson Gay might dis- the 5.000 and finished third. But Trammell, known as "Tram- dog" since his days at Southwest DeKalb High School, had to com- pete — and do well — at nationals to qualify for the World Champi- onships later this summer in Osaka, Japan. Please see TRACK, C7 AJC 6- 25 -07 MICHAEL CONROY / Associated Press Two-time Olympic silver medalist Terrence Trammell is first in the 110 hurdles as former Olympic and world champ Allen Johnson is seventh. .

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