AN EXCITING second half of the US Championships saw athletes continue to compete for Rio Olympic places, with plenty of drama and many top performances along the way.
The event was hugely competitive, with the top three athletes in each event securing automatic selection for the Olympics, provided they had also already achieved the qualification standard.

Tori Bowie (left): takes the 200m victory while Allyson Felix (second from right) finishes fourth
FELIX’S DOUBLE HOPES DASHED
FOUR-TIME Olympic gold medallist Allyson Felix had been hoping to contest both the 200m and 400m in Rio, however a close 200m final on the last day of the trials saw the 30-year-old, who won the US 400m title the week before, miss out on a place in the halflap event by just 0.01.