Bill Oram: Devon Allen debacle destined to define these World Athletics Championships - OregonLive

If there is one thing international track and field can be trusted to get right, and there might only be one, it is to rigidly enforce its most archaic and arbitrary rules.

Devon Allen knew what stood in his path on Sunday night. Ten hurdles, each as tall as a standard doorknob, carefully arranged nine meters apart in Lane 3. There is never any variation in the 110-met… [+4717 chars]

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