Allen Johnson, Danny McFarlane, nearing 40, still superhurdlers

Allen Johnson

Atlanta Olympic champ Allen Johnson and Athens Olympic silver medalist Danny McFarlane of Jamaica still got game. Allen turned 39 in March, and at Wednesday’s IAAF meet in Daegu, South Korea, he ran the 110 hurdles in 13.81. Took seventh, but what of it? Danny turned 38 in February, and he ran the 400 hurdles at the Ponce Grand Prix in Puerto Rico a couple Saturdays ago in 49.36. How to appreciate this? Consider this. Allen’s time would have been a world record until 1950 (taking hand-times into consideration). And Danny’s mark would have been the world record until 1962. These cats won’t stop until they’re dragged off the track.

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May 20, 2010

3 Responses

  1. Jerry Smartt - May 20, 2010

    It’s terrific to hear that these great athletes are still popping some good ones. The key is to never stop training/competing. These cats have a solid 50 more years to do what we love. Moi? A solid 25. Smartty

  2. Gary R - May 20, 2010

    Johnson is great. I train at a track named after the guy over here in VA. It’s kind of cool to have a track named after you and still be competing. It is kind of like coach “K” court at Duke!!

  3. Byrke Beller - May 20, 2010

    Truly awesome!!

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