Eric Cray missed the Olympic qualifying time by nearly three seconds after placing third in the men’s 400m hurdles Michael Johnson Invitational at Clyde Hart Stadium in Waco, Texas.
Chasing to duplicate his 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic stint, Cray bagged the bronze medal in 51.62 seconds, way behind the Olympic standard of 48.90 seconds in his pet event.
Moitalel Mpoke of Texas A&M clinched the gold medal in 50.53 seconds while Pablo Ibanez of El Salvador reached the line a split second ahead of Cray in 51.32 for the silver medal.
There’s no need to panic though as Cray, the four-time Southeast Asian Games 400m champion, still has several chances of nailing a berth in the…
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