{"comments":{"531070":{"pb_id":"4","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"531070","comment_id":"531070","member_id":"4","comment":"Response from USATF<br \/>\r\nTarmoh withdraws from women\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 100m Olympic Team<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEUGENE, Ore. \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Jeneba Tarmoh has withdrawn herself from consideration for one of three Olympic Team positions in the women\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 100 meters.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn an email forwarded to USATF President and Chairman Stephanie Hightower at 9:37 a.m. Pacific Time by her agent, Kimberly Holland, Tarmoh said, \u00e2\u0080\u009cI Jeneba Tarmoh have decided to decline my 3rd place position in the 100m dash to Allyson Felix. I understand that with this decision I am no longer running the 100m dash in the Olympic Games and will be an alternate for the event. As an alternate I understand that I will be asked to run if another 100m runner decides not to for personal reasons, and\/or on the 4x100m relay.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAt the U.S. Olympic Team Trails \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Track &amp; Field, Tarmoh and Felix on June 23 finished in a dead heat for the third and final Olympic Team 100m position, in 11.07 seconds, behind winner Carmelita Jeter and second-place Tianna Madison.  In a Sunday afternoon meeting with their coach, managers and USATF officials, the athletes agreed to break the tie via a run-off, which was to be held Monday afternoon in Eugene.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cWe are disappointed that Jeneba has changed her mind regarding her position on the Olympic Team,\u00e2\u0080\u009d Hightower said. \u00e2\u0080\u009cWe all worked hard to reach a consensus on the tiebreaker, but we know that Allyson, Carmelita and Tianna will represent Team USA well.\u00e2\u0080\u009d","date_added":"Jul 2nd 2012, 5:47pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"31","email_settings":"127","email":"ross@teamxo.com","address":"ross","gender":"m","member_id":"4","member_name":"ross","avatar_location":"av-4.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":27190,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg","pb_title":"ross","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ross.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"31"},"531066":{"pb_id":"4","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"531066","comment_id":"531066","member_id":"4","comment":"Tweet just now from Ato Boldon \u00e2\u0080\u008f<br \/>\r\n@AtoBoldon<br \/>\r\nThe runoff is almost certainly dead, at least for tonight, and from my convos this morning, I expect this to be a legal matter, very soon.","date_added":"Jul 2nd 2012, 5:22pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"31","email_settings":"127","email":"ross@teamxo.com","address":"ross","gender":"m","member_id":"4","member_name":"ross","avatar_location":"av-4.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":27190,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg","pb_title":"ross","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ross.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"31"},"531065":{"pb_id":"4","pb_type":"members","likes":"0","parent_id":"0","pid":"531065","comment_id":"531065","member_id":"4","comment":"wow, I feel bad for all the people who switch their travel plans to see this.","date_added":"Jul 2nd 2012, 5:20pm","nest":0,"liked":false,"member":{"wally_id":"31","email_settings":"127","email":"ross@teamxo.com","address":"ross","gender":"m","member_id":"4","member_name":"ross","avatar_location":"av-4.jpg","avatar_type":"upload","avatar":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg"},"can_delete":false,"item_id":27190,"item_type":"news","pb_image":"\/\/www.runnerspace.com\/forum\/uploads\/av-4.jpg","pb_title":"ross","pb_url":"profile.php?member_id=4","pb_url_dns":"https:\/\/ross.runnerspace.com\/","pb_wally_id":"31"}},"last_id":"531065","url":"comments.php?item_type=news&item_id=27190&item_url="}