Dangerous: track and field Regards, Runer McKenzie Her husband and two children perish in a car crash.

Eugene, Oregon (AP) – As he heads toward Paris, one would-be Olympian is taking time off from his day job in the deli. Another athlete was also a nanny, so the family was understanding when she took time off to concentrate on her running during the Games.

It makes sense that these hurdlers and runners were thrilled to hear that they would be competing for both a $50,000 first prize cheque and an Olympic gold medal this summer.

This week during the U.S. track and field trials, American hurdler Dylan Beard remarked, “That’d be big,” while taking a break from his work at the Walmart Supercenter in Wake Forest, North Carolina. “I mean, with that much money, I wouldn’t even know what to do.”

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