Devon Allen Oregon Ducks Highlights | "Untouchable" ᴴᴰ
Devon Allen cleared his first hurdle toward winning a 110-meter medal. (David J. Phillip/Associated Press)
A trio of U.S. athletes Devon Allen, Jeff Porter and Ronnie Ash made it safely through the 110-meter hurdle qualifying heats Monday and will compete in Tuesdays semifinals. Americans have won 19 of the 27 gold medals handed out in the mens event since the modern Olympics began in 1896, including in 2012, when Aries Merritt stood atop the podium.
Merritt also won bronze at the world championships last year, but he underwent a kidney transplant shortly thereafter and failed to make the U.S. team for Rio. Allen, who finished second in his heat with a time of 13.41,has many excited that he can be the next big thing in the 110 meters.
A football star as well as a track star at Oregon, the 21-year-oldAllenhas aspirations of making it to the NFL as a wide receiver. He had to sit out the 2015 track season after suffering a knee injury in the Rose Bowl at the start of the year, but he bounced back to win at the U.S. Olympictrials in June with a time of 13.03, second fastest in the world this year.
The fastest time this year, 12.98, was posted by JamaicasOmar McLeod, the favorite to take gold in Rio. Other strong medal contenders include SpainsOrlando Ortega and FrancesDimitri Bascou.
McLeod won his heat Monday in 13.27, the fastest time in qualifying. Porter was second in that heat with a time of 13.50, while Ash won his heat in13.31.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/olympics/2016/live-updates/rio-games/scores-and-latest-news/team-usas-devon-allen-jeff-porter-and-ronnie-ash-advance-to-semis-in-110-meter-hurdles/
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