I arrived in Shanghai on Wed. evening to rain, and it rained continuously until just before the meet Sat. night. Prior to the meet starting I worked on numerous athletes: Nick Willis in the 1500m from New Zealand; Mike Hanany from France, Trevor Barry, and Donald Thomas from the Bahamas, all are high jumpers; Michelle Carter a U.S. and Cleopatra Borell from Trinidad in the shot put; Tiffany Williams a U.S. 400m hurdler; Marvin Anderson a Jamaican Sprinter; Andreas Thorkildsen a Norweigan Javelin Thrower, David Oliver and Jeff Porter U. S. 110m hurdlers, Genezebe Dibaba and Gillete Burka Ethiopian 500m runners; Aleen Bailey from Jamaica and Blessing Okagbare from Nigeria in the 100m; Ngonnidzashe Makusha from Zimbabwi and Will Clay from the U.S. in the long jump; Mallika Akkoui a Morrocan 1500m runner; and LaShawn Merritt a U.S. 400m runner.
I think because of all the rain a number of athletes were injured or pulled out at the last minute because of injury or cramping. The worst of the injuries was Rutgers Smith a Dutch discus thrower who may have had a career ending achilles injury. Carmelita Jeter appears to have had a quad strain or cramp.
I wasn't able to post anything before today because the Chinese sensors wouldn't allow me access to my blog.
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