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Tyson Gay fails to qualify in the 200m after falling to the ground and being carted off the track. He's already qualified for the 100m, but a leg injury could throw his preparations a curve with the Olympics only a month away.
American swimmer Jessica Hardy has tested positive for Clenbuterol at the U.S. Olympic trials. She had qualified for "the 100-meter breaststroke and 50 freestyle - and the 400 free relay" and holds the U.S. record for the 100 breaststroke (set in 2005).
Athens Olympic star Paul Hamm has bowed out of Team USA with injury. His brother Morgan is questionable due to drug use.
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Hamm, the defending Olympic all-around champion, announced he was leaving the U.S. team because of hand and shoulder problems.
Hours after the announcement, USA Gymnastics said Raj Bhavsar would replace Hamm on the six-man competitive team. Bhavsar, 27, was also an alternate at the 2004 Olympics, though he didn't compete.
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But the U.S. team has more to worry about. Morgan Hamm made the team but failed a drug test at the May nationals and FIG, the international governing body for gymnastics, has not ruled on whether he can compete in Beijing.
He had taken a cortisone shot to help a sore ankle and while that medication is not banned, a doctor must sign papers saying the shot was issued only for therapeutic reasons. Hamm failed to get the proper paperwork signed and received a warning from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
Hours after the announcement, USA Gymnastics said Raj Bhavsar would replace Hamm on the six-man competitive team. Bhavsar, 27, was also an alternate at the 2004 Olympics, though he didn't compete.
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But the U.S. team has more to worry about. Morgan Hamm made the team but failed a drug test at the May nationals and FIG, the international governing body for gymnastics, has not ruled on whether he can compete in Beijing.
He had taken a cortisone shot to help a sore ankle and while that medication is not banned, a doctor must sign papers saying the shot was issued only for therapeutic reasons. Hamm failed to get the proper paperwork signed and received a warning from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
I'm happy for Raj Bhavsar. I thought he deserved to make the Olympic team on his own merits anyway after finishing 3rd at the Olympic trials. He was only nine one-hundredths of a point out of second place, which would have guaranteed him a spot. When you leave it up to a committee to select a team (rather than basing it on actual performance), there are always going to be problems. I couldn't believe the committee left him off the 5-member team after that great performance at the trials, and many of the commentators said the same thing. I didn't think Hamm automatically deserved an Olympic spot since he was out injured and hadn't competed for several months. For Bhavsar to go from alternate to team member just a week before the Olympics puts him in a bit of a bind but hopefully he'll do well. He's a hottie.
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