Saturday, August 26, 2000
Bailey shuts it down early
Careful Canadian settles for eighth
By STEVE BUFFERY -- Toronto Sun
Worried that the old engine still could break down, Donovan Bailey shut
off the afterburners yesterday at the Van Damme Memorial Grand Prix in
Brussels.
The result was an
Joe Dawson sent,
"I'm still working on things. My first 50 metres was as good as I've ever
run," Bailey said from his Brussels hotel room. "At about 60 metres I just
decided to shut it off, satisfied with what I had done."
What happens to any guaranteed appearance money if an athlete admits he
