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Jamaicans score sprint double at US Open athletics meet
The heavy favorite in the 100 hurdles at the 2008 Olympics, Jones clipped the ninth hurdle, shattering her gold medal hopes in an instant. Before she could even dream about redemption at this summer’s London Games, she had to get back on the track. The 29-year-old Jones had surgery in August to fix a tethered spinal cord.
The Millrose Games are moving uptown to the Armory after nearly a century at the Garden, with the USA Track and Field-sponsored Open taking over the space.
Shigetomo wins Osaka women’s marathon
In Osaka, Japan’s Risa Shigetomo boosted her chances of going to the London Olympics by winning the Osaka International Women’s Marathon on Sunday.
Shigetomo pulled away at about the 16-mike mark and crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 23 seconds for her first marathon victory.
Ukrainian Tetiana Gamera-Shmyrko was second, 1:23 behind, while Japan’s Azusa Nojiri was third in 2:24:57.
The Osaka race is the second of three domestic qualifiers for three spots on Japan’s team for London. The final Olympic qualifier will be in Nagoya on March 11.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
