Michael Norman won the U.S. men's
400m title and Allyson Felix took second
in the women's 400m final at the
2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team
Trials being held at Hayward Field in
Eugene, Ore. today (June 20). The
pair make the U.S. track and field team
for the 2020 Olympics which will be
held in Tokyo, Japan from July 23-Aug.
8.
Norman (USC 2018) won the men's
400m title with a season-best time of
44.07. After just being bumped from
the lead with about 90m remaining by
Michael Cherry (44.35), Norman found
another gear to pull away from Cherry
and the field to claim the title. It is Norman's
first U.S. title in the 400m and
he makes his first Olympic team. The
2020 Tokyo Olympics are being held in
the country where his mother (Nobue)
was born.
Felix (USC 2008) qualified for her
fifth Olympics by coming from behind to
take second in the women's 400m final
with a season-best time of 50.02. Kendall
Ellis (USC 2018) finished fourth
with a season-best time of 50.10, one
spot out of qualifying to represent the
U.S. in the event at the 2020 Olympics.
It was a total of 0.08 seconds separating
second from fourth. Ellis hopes
to be added to U.S.A.'s team as part
of the 4x400m relay team pool when
the official U.S. Olympic Team is announced.
when the Felix now is guaranteed
to have a chance to build on her
total of nine Olympic medals, which are
tied with Merlene Ottey (Jamaica and
Slovenia) for the most track and field
medals all-time by a woman athlete.
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