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Allyson Felix has ‘no regrets’ after placing 7th in Rome

ROME (AP) — Allyson Felix the crowd, though, as the
had "no regrets" after a sev- meet celebrated the seven
enth-place finish in the 200 Italians who won Olympic
meters of what was likely gold in athletics last year.
her final Diamond League Lorenzo Patta, Eseosa
meet Thursday. Desalu and Filippo Tortu
It made no difference to — the other members of
Felix — the most decorat- Italy's 4x100 team in Tokyo
ed female track athlete in — competed in a 200 that
Olympic history who plans was won by Olympic silver
to retire later this season — medalist Kenny Bednarek in
that she wasn't really com- 20.01.
petitive amid an elite field Gianmarco Tamberi, the
at the Golden Gala Pietro Tokyo high jump winner,
Mennea. settled for third in his home
Shericka Jackson led a stadium as JuVaughn Har-
Jamaican 1-2 ahead of rison cleared 2.27 for the
teammate and two-time win.
reigning Olympic champi- Athing Mu, who last year
on Elaine Thompson-Herah became the first American
in a meet-record 21.91 sec- woman to win the 800 at
onds. the Olympics in more than
Felix finished more than a a half century, posted a
full second behind Jack- world-leading 1:57.01 in
son. her first overseas Diamond
"I'm glad that I came here, League meet.
glad that I got to see every- Hirut Meshesha, a 21-year-
body and I'm looking for- old from Ethiopia, picked
ward to the next chapter," up her second Diamond
the 36-year-old Felix said. League win in five days,
"It's definitely emotional, taking the women's 1,500
mixed feelings. But no re- by a comfortable margin in
grets. I'm really grateful for 4:03.79 to follow up her vic-
all the years I had." tory in Rabat, Morocco, on
Jackson pulled away in Allyson Felix of the United States reacts at the finish line of the women's 200-meter competition Sunday.
the final 30 meters and fin- at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Rome, Thursday, Also, Slovenia's Kristjan Čeh
ished a full stride ahead June 9, 2022. Associated Press took his third Diamond
of Thompson-Herah, who League victory of the sea-
clocked 22.25 to narrowly before the finish in a miscal- enough margin to start cel- Italy to another unexpect- son in the men's discus with
edge world champion culation. ebrating before he crossed ed victory in the 4x100 re- a meet-record throw of
Dina Asher-Smith (22.27). American sprinter Fred Ker- the finish line. lay. 70.72; and two-time Olym-
Jackson failed to advance ley was the only man to The 100 was missing Mar- Jacobs, who is recover- pic silver medalist Joe Ko-
out of the heats at the To- break the 10-second bar- cell Jacobs, the Italian who ing from a muscular injury, vacs of the United States
kyo Olympics when she rier in the 100, posting a won gold ahead of Kerley was in attendance at the won the shot put at 21.85.q
slowed down too much season-best 9.92 with a big in Tokyo and then helped Stadio Olimpico to salute

Ángel Hernández asks appeals court to reinstate suit vs MLB

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Ángel Hernán- Citing the 2011-16 seasons, Hernández's at- United States. Richie Garcia, who was born in
dez claim Major League Baseball manipu- torneys said in the brief to the appellate court Florida, was the first Hispanic crew chief from
lated the umpire's evaluations, renewing the that "MLB manipulated Mr. Hernandez's year- 1985-89.
allegation in an attempt to reinstate the racial end evaluations in order to make his job per- Oetken wrote, "Hernández attempts to rely on
discrimination lawsuit he lost last year. formance appear worse than it actually was. the inexorable zero,' or the notion that courts
Hernandez's lawyers made the claim in a fil- Mr. Hernández's year-end evaluations for the should set aside statistical analyses in circum-
ing Tuesday to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of 2011-2016 seasons do not even come close to stances where few minorities or women have
Appeals, trying to overturn the summary judg- accurately summarizing Mr. Hernández's ac- been employed. While the inexorable zero
ment U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken grant- tual performance in those seasons." may be compelling in the case of a larger em-
ed to MLB in March 2021. In an August 2020 brief responding to a simi- ployer who has hired or promoted no minority
The Cuba-born Hernández was hired as a big lar allegation, MLB called the claim "devoid of candidates, it is less compelling in the present
league umpire in 1993. He sued in 2017, al- merit." context, where both the pool of umpires and
leging he was discriminated against because Hernández's lawyers wrote "the District Court the number of available promotions are small."
he had not been assigned to the World Se- failed to follow existent precedent applicable Oetken in January denied Hernández's motion
ries since 2005 and had been passed over for to discrimination cases in which the pool of mi- to alter, amend or vacate his decision, leaving
crew chief. nority individuals eligible for promotion is too an appeal to the circuit court as the next step,
Hernández served as an interim crew chief small to yield a statistically significant conclu- Hernández has been at times controversial on
from 2011-16, at the start of the pandemic- sion as to disparate impact." the field. He had three calls at first base over-
delayed 2020 season and for part of the 2021 Kerwin Danley became the first Black crew turned in video reviews during Game 3 of the
season but has not been made a permanent chief in 2020 and Alfonso Marquez became 2018 AL Division Series between the New York
crew chief. the first Hispanic crew chief born outside the Yankees and Boston.q