Yahoo: A Changing of the Guard?
by Eric Everett
When it comes to the 400 meters, wrote Yahoo! Sports' Josh Peter, the world may be witness to a changing of the guard.
Writing about Jeremy Wariner in a recent column, Peter noted that LaShawn's recent victories appear to be signs of things to come.
[Wariner] qualified for the Olympic team with ease as one of America’s top three runners in the 400, but in the final at the U.S. Olympic trials, Wariner lost to LaShawn Merritt. It was Wariner’s second defeat to Merritt since he split with [former coach Clyde] Hart. Before changing coaches, Wariner had won all 12 of his head-to-head matchups with Merritt.
Suddenly, Wariner finds himself headed for an unexpected showdown with a fellow American in Beijing and entangled in an unwanted soap opera.
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Wariner changes coaches, loses aura (Yahoo! Sports, July 28, 2008)
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