Wariner ready to show form
Eurosport - Thu, 15 May 17:24:00 2008
Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner is back in form and ready for a fast 400 metres at Sunday’s Los Angeles Track Classic, his manager said.
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“Jeremy is fine,” Deon Minor told Reuters. “He is back in training, it’s going good and he’s looking forward to Sunday.”
A severe cramp during warm-ups led the American to withdraw from his last race, a 200 metres in Doha on May 9.
“He had a knot in his hamstring and the people could not get it worked out,” Minor said. “With it being a 200 we did not want to take a chance or risk anything.”
Wariner, who hopes to break Michael Johnson’s 400 metres world record this year, has been receiving treatment since his return.
“He just called me today and said he felt pretty good,” Minor said. “But we are still going to play it close. We can’t afford to have any setbacks now.”
The heavy favourite for repeat Olympic gold, Wariner will follow Sunday’s race with three competitions in Europe, Minor said. He will run a 400 metres at Golden League meetings in Berlin and Oslo in early June and a 300 at Ostrava on June 12.