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Title: Portsmouth's Merritt Sets Sights on Glory in Beijing (Sports)
Author : The Virginian Pilot
Release Date : January 03, 2008
Genre: Reference,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Suffolk | LaShawn Merritt has been working for this moment . Barring a major upset or injury, he'll step onto the track at 8:55 p.m. Beijing time Aug. 21 for the Olympic 400-meter final as the main - some say only - threat to defending champion Jeremy Wariner. A victory would make Merritt the second athlete from South Hampton Roads to claim an Olympic title in an individual event. Pernell "Sweetpea" Whitaker won boxing gold in 1984. The track world has taken notice since Merritt's victory over Wariner at last month's Olympic Trials. "Merritt looks like a good candidate to have some gold dangling from his neck in Beijing," said Eddie Pells of The Associated Press. Even the guy who coached Wariner to his gold medal likes Merritt's chances. "If I was still coaching Jeremy, which I'm not, LaShawn would be the one that I would be the most concerned about, without a doubt," said Clyde Hart, whose pupils have won the past three Olympic gold medals in the 400 meters. "I think what he does have is that marvelous speed, and that's a major thing you have to be concerned about."