UNLV’s Robinson fails to advance in Olympics
The 2012 Olympics were a short competitive stay for UNLV assistant track coach Khadevis Robinson.
He failed to get out of the first round of qualifying in the 800 meters at Olympic Stadium on Monday morning, running a 147.17 that put him fourth in his heat.
Robinson was trying to advance to an 800 final at age 35.
He was among the world’s best middle-distance runners in 2000, when he failed to qualify for the Sydney Games. Four years later, he made the U.S. team for Athens. Four years later, he missed out on Beijing by 0.6 seconds at trials when Christian Smith dove across the finish line ahead of Robinson.
(Ed Graney is covering the Olympics in London for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Follow him on Twitter: @edgraney. More Olympics coverage can be found at lvrj.com/olympics.)