Ac tually he chose not to run because his hamstring was sore after the 200 and he did not want to risk injury ... And MJ spent his career with ice packs at/around/near his hamstrings ... But never the less th eUS is so deep in the 400 that with the exception of the 1991 Worlds debacle (anchored by Pettifgrew who is now saying let MJ run) and the 1972 Olympics where Collett and Mathews were expelled from the games and we could not field a team, the US has had no difficulty beating the rest of the world no matter who we put on the track ... :o)
Conway
>From: "Kurt Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: t-and-f: BOOOOOOO!!!! USATF = BAD DECISION!!
>Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 21:07:20
>
>Conway says:
>
>>Have I been watching the wrong relay races, or has MJ been handed
>>huge leads
>>in every international relay he has ever run ??? What MJ has been
>>running
>>for is not the victory but to see if another batch of US runners
>>could
>>approach or break the WR ??? And didn't the 1996 US Olympic team
>>win the
>>gold without MJ while he was doing his own thing - he chose not to
>>run with
>>the realy team I believe ...
>
>He "chose" not to run with the relay team because he seriously
>injured his hamstring during his 200m WR win a few days earlier.
>Remember the scene of him taping the ice pack to his hamstring as he
>neared the end of his victory lap?
>
>However, I agree with you that the US 4x400 team will win the gold
>medal with or without Michael Johnson.
>
>Kurt Bray
>
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