EUGENE, Oregon: Wallace Spearmon gave himself another chance at an Olympic medal in the 200 meters after being disqualified in the 2008 final by winning on Sunday at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials.

Spearmon, whose lane violation late in the Beijing Olympic final cost him a bronze medal, surged ahead with 50 meters remaining and took the trials title in a wind-aided 19.82 seconds, a 2.3m/sec tailwind boosting him to the finish.

Maurice Mitchell was second in 20.14 with Isiah Young third in 20.16 to join Spearmon in qualifying for the London Olympics.

Shawn Crawford, the 2004 Olympic champion and 2008 Olympic runner-up in the 200, failed in his bid to reach London, finishing seventh in 20.37.

Former world champion Bershawn Jackson, third at the 2008 Olympics, also will not be going to London after being edged for third place in the men's 400m hurdles final.

"I'm disappointed. Not making the team is really tough," Jackson said. "We live for the Olympics. It's heartbreaking. It's probably the toughest race of my career that I messed up in."

Michael Tinsley, who was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 trials, was a shock winner of the 400m hurdles in 48.33, booking a surprise trip to London.

Angelo Taylor, the 2000 and 2008 Olympic champion, was leading comfortably when his left foot struck the penultimate hurdle and that jostled the hurdle in Jackson's adjacent lane.

Taylor was thrown off stride but cleared the last hurdle and finished second in 48.57 to give himself a chance at a third Olympic gold medal.

Former world champion Kerron Clement, a 2008 Olympic runner-up, was third in 48.89, edging Jackson by .05 for the final spot in London.

"Angelo Taylor hit my hurdle and threw off my stride pattern," Jackson said. "When that hurdle got hit, it threw my rhythm off.

World champion Lashinda Demus won the women's 400m hurdles in 53.98, becoming the second-fastest performer in the world this year behind Russia's Irina Davydova.

Two-time world champion Brittney Reese won the women's long jump with the best leap in the world this year at 7.15m. Janay DeLoach, who jumped a wind-aided 7.15 in qualifying, took third in 7.08 to join her on the team.

Morgan Uceny, last year's Diamond League champion, won the women's 1,500 in 4:04.59 to book a trip to London, as did runner-up Shannon Rowbury in 4:05.11 and reigning world champion Jenny Simpson, who took third in 4:05.17.

Leo Manzano, a 2008 Olympic semi-finalist, won the men's 1,500 in 3:35.75 with Matthew Centrowitz, third at last year's worlds, another .09 back in second to book his trip to London. - AFP

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