2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS : Spearmon advances at Olympics
Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS Associated Press Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, right, leads former Razorback Wallace Spearmon during a semifinal of the men’s 200-meter at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday.
Former Razorbacks Wallace Spearmon and Veronica Campbell-Brown successfully completed rounds of the 200 meters on Tuesday at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Fayetteville native Spearmon, competing in his third 200-meter race of these Olympic Games, advanced to today's event finals. Spearmon was among the trio of Americans (Walter Dix and Shawn Crawford ) to advance to the finals. He clocked a semifinal time of 20. 14 to finish third in his heat.
"I thought that was a good preview for the final," Spearmon said. "Shawn and [Usain Bolt, Jamaica ] are looking good and I'm trying to run myself into shape after injury. I'm getting faster every round."
Campbell-Brown ran her first 200-meter race of these Olympic Games on Tuesday. Running in heat five, lane six, she won her section with a time of 23. 04. In the next round, the quarterfinals also held on Tuesday, she easily advanced to today's semifinals after clocking a time of 22. 64.
For complete results of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, visit www. iaaf. org. For up-to-date information about the Razorbacks in Beijing, visit ArkansasRazorbacks. com.
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