In less than a week, the merciless U.S. trials system dashes the hopes multiple medal favorites with local ties
Annie Kunz reacts after a heat in the heptathlon 100-meter hurdles during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Sunday, June 23, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. San Diego has an illustrious record of success in the Summer Games given its favorable climate and world-class training facilities, regularly winning more medals than many entire countries. But you have to get there first, and the past week was particularly cruel to prominent athletes with local ties.
That after he crashed out of the Olympic Trials held in a temporary pool in a roofed football stadium in Indianapolis. Then he fell in attempting one of his signature park tricks, a kick-foot backside slide on the lip of the bowl, midway thought his first of three semifinal runs. He stayed on his knees for several moments before climbing to his feet and gingerly limping out of the bowl.On his third run, he fell on a different trick and finished last in the 16-man semis — and out of the final.
The next day on the other side of the world, North Park resident Annie Kunz settled into the starting blocks for the 100-meter hurdles, the opening event of track and field’s heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. “I’m still trying to process everything,” Kunz, 31, posted on social media. “I’m not sure what’s next for me. Right now I’m just focused on healing physically and emotionally.”Rancho Buena Vista High School alum and fellow Tokyo Olympian Brooke Anderson had won the World Championships in the women’s hammer at this same facility two years earlier as well as the last two national titles. She had the longest throw in the world this year at 262 feet, 2 inches.
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