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Sprinters' coach wants quick end to 100 debate
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The last thing Bobby Kersee wants to do is burden his sprinters with controversy going into qualifying for the 200 meters on Thursday. The longtime coach is trying to keep his two athletes focused on the race at hand, not one that's possibly waiting down the road. So Kersee hinted that an answer just might come sooner rather than later on how to resolve a third-place tie between Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh, who finished in a dead heat in the 100-meter final at last weekend's Olympic trials. The sprinters technically have until Sunday, when the trials end, to decide if they want a runoff — a winner-take-all race to break the tie — or a coin flip to determine who gets the last spot on the London-bound team in the event. One of them can simply bow out, too. "It's a unique situation and we still have plenty of time to figure it out," Kersee told The Associated Press late Tuesday night. "Anytime you have a situation like that, you have to come up with different solutions. We're all talking, the athletes are talking, USA Track and Field is talking, in terms of coming up with a solution.
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