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Christian Smith recalls Olympic moment

Photo Courtesy of Getty Images Kansan Christian Smith, right, dives at the finish line in 2008 to beat U.S. favorite Khadevis Robinson, who has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England.

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By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com The recent dead heat between two U.S. women sprinters at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials brings to mind the memory of 2008 Olympian Christian Smith. The Pawnee Heights High School graduate had a similar dead heat finish with U.S. 800-meter favorite Khadevis Robinson. The NCAA champion at Kansas State University dived across the finish line in his most memorable finish in the 2008 Olympic Trials at Eugene, Ore. “I wasn’t even ...

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