Hurdles’ great Allen Johnson exits the field
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A few things have slipped by while I was working on other things. Among them: Allen Johnson left competitive track and field at age 39.
If hardly anyone noticed when the high hurdler quietly announced his decision a couple weeks ago, that would be ironically fitting for a man whose career highlights -- an Olympic gold medal and four outdoor world titles -- always seemed to have been overshadowed by something else.
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-- Philip Hersh
