“I was very delusional at the time,” said Thomas, who studied neurobiology at Harvard. She had a grade-two hamstring tear 12 days before last year’s USATF Outdoors, yet raced anyway. Thomas could not follow her breakout Tokyo Olympic 200m bronze medal with more hardware at last July’s worlds in Eugene. At a certain point, you’ve got to give me respect.” If you look at last year, we were both hurt. It’s the talk of the town, but at the same time I’m the most consistent person in the field. “I’ve gotten silver these past three championships. “A lot of people have been counting me out,” said Benjamin, who now wants to join the field for a July 21 Diamond League meet in Monaco, which already announced Warholm and dos Santos.
The trio has combined to record the eight fastest times in history. Now he’s right back in the thick of the most compelling three-person rivalry in the sport with Olympic gold medalist Karsten Warholm of Norway and world champion Alison dos Santos of Brazil. He did fly to Germany for treatment in June, after which he put total faith in Hayes to get him ready for this meet. He had been grounded after a May 5 Diamond League race in Doha due to a nerve flareup in his back through his quad. Yet when he crossed the finish line, he pointed to coach Joanna Hayes, the 2004 Olympic 100m hurdles gold medalist.īenjamin credited Hayes for guiding him back into form.
He was sore and felt flat going into Sunday’s final.
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