MUST-READ: Hurdler @KellieWellz competes in semis NOW. Her moving story: #London2012

Olympics 2012: Hurdles at Runner's World

MUST-READ: Hurdler @KellieWellz competes in semis NOW. Her moving story: #London2012

When her hamstring tore, it sounded like the pop of a firecracker. It felt like a gunshot. It happened at the 100-meter hurdles semifinal of the 2008 Olympic Trials. On Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, Kellie Wells stood in lane four, her teammate and friend Damu Cherry to her right in lane five. Eight athletes took their marks. Set. Go. Wells exploded off the blocks with her characteristic grunt. Other hurdlers screamed. They all covered the 13 meters to the first hurdle in exactly eight steps. Wells attacked the first hurdle tied for first, extending her right leg parallel to the ground, driving her upper body forward and down, skimming the top of the 33-inch-high barrier. She snapped her right foot to the ground and whipped off the 8.5 meters to the next hurdle in three steps. The athletes were close enough to touch fingers, hook hands. By the fourth hurdle Wells was al...

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