EUGENE, Ore. -- More notes from the track trials:
-- Only two of the three medalists in Sunday's women's triple jump are bound for Beijing. Second-place finisher Shakeema Welch, who went 14.27 meters (46 feet, 10 inches) at the trials, had not previously met the "A" qualifying standard for the Olympics of 14.20 -- and since her mark Sunday was wind-aided, it doesn't count toward that standard, either.
In the past, trials medalists have usually had at least a little additional time after the trials to reach the A standard, but this, mostly because acquiring visas for China is a rather slow-moving process, the trials represent the last opportunity to make that standard, which automatically advances the athletes to the Games. (The lesser B standard is only allows a trials winner to advance, if no one else has met the A standard).
As a result, only first-place Shani Marks and third-place Erica McLain will compete at the Olympics.
-- Cleaning up one other detail from Sunday, Lashinda Demus was not disqualified in the 400 hurdles, as USA Track and Field originally announced. (This didn't make my story, but I'm not sure how widely it may have been reported.) It was Latosha Wallace who was disqualified for "hooking" the seventh hurdle, meaning her foot was judged to have gone around the hurdle, instead of over it.
Demus ended up in fourth place in the 400 hurdles, behind Bejing-bound Tiffany Ross-Williams, Queen Harrison and Sheena Tosta.
-- And one other thing from Sunday: That wind-aided 100 by Tyson Gay was correctly proclaimed the fastest 100 of all time at 9.68 seconds -- although not a record because of the tailwind -- but if you're wondering what is now second, it's a 9.69 by Obadele Thompson of Barbados, who ran a 9.69 with a 5 meters-per-second tailwind at a meet in El Paso, Texas, in 1996