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US Olympic Track & Field Team Trials

Hayward Field  ⋅  Eugene, OR, US  ⋅  Jun, 27 2008 - Jul 6 2008   |   Coverage created by M V


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King now enters his 5th year as a ZAP athlete. In his first 4 he established himself as one of the top 5,000m runners in the U.S. making the Olympic Trials final in 2008 and running a personal best of…
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#7
Burk Staub   July 13, 2008 at 11:30pm
None of you know what you are talking about. Kyle went through the appeals process with his coach the previous day and USATF told them no. The ZAP coach is a great coach and after being told flat out "no" by USATF decided to go out with his athlete and make the best of it. When Kyle saw AJ got in he went and fought his way in with the appeals people.
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Natejenkins   July 10, 2008 at 4:29pm
simple the best interview I have seen in a long time. the man says it all right there.
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SAMUEL WEBER   July 6, 2008 at 2:26pm
I'm lost.
He found out he was in the prelims 90 minutes beforehand or was it the finals?
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The Coach Who Was There   July 6, 2008 at 2:04pm
The coach who was there and made the intial protest left the next day and did not do any follow up to replace himself so that another appeal could be made asap. Who cares where the coaches lives, this is the Olympic Trials, no suprise when it comes up, so schedule a vacation and do what is right, because when the athlete might them the most, and they're not there? sounds like weak sauce, no excuse for the coach to leave and not to follow up. If a coach can't committ and be at the Olympic Trials for there athlete, get real and get there. No excuse, poor committement.
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Anonymous Coward   July 5, 2008 at 3:31pm
this is what flotrack is all about
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Coach??   July 5, 2008 at 2:46pm
professional athletes do not need babysitters. yes its great to have the coach there and it would be preferred by most, but if you realized how many coaches are not here this whole week you'd be surprised. remember that coaches have lives, jobs, and responsibilities and not all have the luxury of sitting in eugene for 2 weeks. not to mention the fact that this athlete doesn't even live near his coach anyway, so bottom line...i don't agree with your statement
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Phantom Menace   July 5, 2008 at 2:03pm
Kyle King has some good points, but the problem he neglected to mention that he does not have an official athlete support (official coach) member and/or someone to go to bat for him so he can go home, sleep, eat right, and do his normal routine.
That's why choosing your athlete support person is so crucial, you have to trust them. Almost all other athletes who have protested/appealed decisions have done it via there "AS"
He did a great job taking care of it himself, but it should of been doned last night by his coach who left the next day (abandoned). Why would a coach leave his athlete? There's the real problem, his coach.
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King found out an hour and a half before the race he was in.
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