Must be something in the water

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July 4, 2008 7:19 PM PT

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EUGENE, Ore. -- Another javelin thrower has appeared in an outfit and hairdo that can only be described as a major faux pas.

Breaux Greer is sporting spiky hair colored with streaks of pink, black and white. They match his shirt, which has strange straps of the same colors.

There’s something to be said for being fashion-forward, but Greer and Roald Bradstock -- the 46-year-old with the matching striped bodysuits and javelins -- are on shaky fashion ground.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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