Team USA hurdler Freddie Crittenden, dealing with a minor injury, used the new repechage rule to his advantage in the men's 110m hurdles heat on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.
American hurdler Freddie Crittenden worked smarter not harder during a preliminary race in the men's 110m hurdles on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. In a bizarre sight, Crittenden jogged his way to last place in the heat, finishing with a time of 18.27 seconds. Normally, finishing in last place in a first-round race would mean Crittenden would be leaving Paris empty-handed.
"So, I decided to just not make an emotional choice, make a smart choice. Give my body time to recover a little bit from being aggravated. Lean on my medical doctors. Lean on God. And just wait for repechage round. Come out and try to kill it in repechage round." Clearly, Crittenden and his doctors felt there was a chance he could further aggravate the injury if he went all-out in the preliminary heat. Instead of doing so, he decided to defer the all-out effort to a repechage round, which will take place on Tuesday.TIM CAPURSO
Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia.
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