Freddie Crittenden said jogging through his heat was the ‘smart choice’ as he fends off injury.
USA STAR FREDDIE Crittenden, regarded as one of the main medal hopefuls in the men’s 110m hurdles, deliberately jogged through his opening round heat to buy himself time to recover from an injury.
The 29-year-old’s tactics were made possible by the decision to introduce second-chance repechage rounds in some track events for those who do not qualify automatically out of their opening heats.
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