Wheating on Russell:
“He deserves to be on this team more than anybody. He's trained a lot more than I have, a lot more aggressively. I'd even say he deserves to be on this team more than I do.”
http://portlandtribune.com/sports/story_2nd.php?story_id=134102718984402300
Impressive attitude from Russell Brown!! Really put things into perspective Wheating remember......you are not in yet!
hayward102 wrote:
If you're injured, it seems to me racing and taking a shot, while knowing you're not at your best, is the definition of "heart". After what had to be an incredibly disappointing race, Brown still stopped and signed some autographs for fans making his way from the track to the athlete only area. I thought that showed some real class. He'll be back; it's just too bad on the timing of this injury.
Its full of heart? its a douchebag move if anything. He could have easily given that sport the the guy that finished behind him in Qualifying and given a healthy runner a chance to make the Olympic team.
Instead he limped around the track for 4 laps and wasting his time and everyone else's.
I'm so disappointed for him. His season had been going so well, it's a real shame. Hope he heals soon and can return for some of the European races.
1) Maybe 1% of the population thinks like you, and
2) That 1% probably should have their tongues and fingers removed for the greater good.
> Its full of heart? its a douchebag move if anything. He could have easily given that sport the the guy that finished behind him in Qualifying and given a healthy runner a chance to make the Olympic team.
If I read the results from Thursday right, Riley Masters was next in line. Since he'd have to take a little more than SIX seconds off his PB to get the Olympic A standard, it hardly seems likely Brown denied him a chance to make the team.
More to the point, if I understood Brown's interview, he injured his Achilles while rabbiting Jordan McNamara's last last ditch attempt to get the A standard.
Helping a guy get an A so you have more competition hardly seems like a douchebag move.
I must be missing something.
He peaked indoors again.