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EUGENE, Ore. -- Allyson Felix, perhaps the biggest name in womens track and the owner of four Olympic gold medals and two silvers, has been to three Olympics with a fourth already secured in Rio by qualifying in the womens 400 meters earlier at the U.S. track and field trials. Jenna Prandini, meanwhile, has never been to the Olympics and failed to qualify in the 100 meters.Which made the finish in Sundays womens 200 final very interesting. And the wait to see the official results that much more agonizing.When the two crossed the finish line behind winner Tori Bowie and second-place Deajah Stevens, it was so close it wasnt immediately clear who had finished third to secure the final qualifying spot. Would Felix get to compete in the 200 for the fourth time at the Olympics and try for her fourth medal in the event? Or would Prandini realize her dream?I wasnt sure, Felix said. I just knew I gave all I had and leaned at the line.I was just hoping that was enough to get me on the team. It felt like a really long time, Prandini said. When the result finally showed on the board, I was overwhelmed with excitement.The photo finish showed Prandini had finished third by one one-hundredth of a second. She did so after having stumbled forward just before the line.It wasnt something that I intentionally did, but Im happy that it happened because it got me here, Prandini said. I knew that Allyson was coming, but I just wanted to get to that finish line and do whatever it took to get on this team.This will be the first Olympics that Felix hasnt competed in the 200. She raced in both the 100 and 200 at the 2012 Olympics in London, winning gold in the 200 and finishing fifth in the 100. She also won gold in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays to become the first woman to win three golds in track in one Olympics since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.This year, she decided to try for a different double in the 200 and 400. It was unclear whether Felix would be able to qualify in either because of a right ankle injury she suffered a few months ago while training.She qualified in the 400, blazing past the other runners down the stretch to win with a time of 49.68. So despite missing out on the 200, she still has that.I hate that shes not on the team in 200, but she made the team in the 400, said Bowie, who also qualified for the U.S. team in the 100. She still has something to look forward to.Felix said she would not run any races before the Olympics, instead using the time to rest her body and recover.Ill just take the time we have to get back and perfect the 400, she said. I mean, the speed just wasnt there today. When I give all I have and I run 22.50, the speed just wasnt there. Cheap Nike Vapormax Australia . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Darren Clarke got an extra week to start mulling over his three captains picks for Europe in the Ryder Cup because the top nine already are set. Matthew Fitzpatrick finished fifth in the Czech Masters and locked up no worse than the final spot.Davis Love III has a little more time, and he likely will need it.Brandt Snedekers tie for third in the Wyndham Championship moved him up three spots to No. 6, and it would take a peculiar set of circumstances to bump him out of the top eight. The Barclays this week at Bethpage Black is the final qualifying event.The top five already have clinched a spot on the American team -- Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Jimmy Walker and Brooks Koepka. Snedeker is followed by Zach Johnson, who leads Patrick Reed at No. 8 by $157,602.The Barclays has an $8.5 million purse, so players still can make up ground.Even so, the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs effectively serves as a Ryder Cup qualifier for 14 players.The winner of the Barclays gets $1.53 million. Every $1,000 counts as a Ryder Cup point, so thats 1,530 points. And that means Charley Hoffman at No. 22 is the lowest player in the standings with a mathematical chance at qualifying.Kevin Kisner and Justin Thomas, who won tournaments last fall that did not count, are among those who cant qualify.Reed, meanwhile, is the equivalent of $30,655 ahead of J.B. Holmes, who missed the cut last week at the Wyndham Championship. Right behind Holmes are Bubba Watson, Olympic bronze medalist Matt Kuchar and Rickie Fowler.Fowler flew from the Olympics in Rio to North Carolina to try to boost his Ryder Cup points. He tied for 22nd and now is just over $365,000 behind Reed, meaning Fowler would have to finish no worse than a two-way tie for fourth to have a mathematical chance (and that assumes Reed misses the cut).Love wont have to make his three picks until after the third playoff event at the BMW Championship, and his fourth pick will be made immediately after the Tour Championship. So theres still time for him, and for the players.That could make it easy for Love -- or more complicated.---LATE SURGE: Shawn Stefani was reminded how much time can fly, and how quickly fortunes can change.He went 20 tournaments to start the new season before he cracked the top 20 -- a tie for ninth at the St. Jude Classic -- and kept reminding himself that he had plenty of time to turn his game around. And then it was almost too late.Im usually a glass half-full guy, Stefani said. Didnt get off to the start I wanted. I kept telling myself, `We still got events left. But you say in March theres 17 events left, and you look in July and theres four events left. Youre like, `I dont have a lot of time. And I really felt I was close.He came through at just the right time.Stefani tied for 11th at the Travelers Championship two weeks ago. He was No. 133 in the FedEx Cup standings until the Wyndham Championship when he shot 66-66 on the weekend, making a birdie on the last hole to tie for 14th. That was enough to move him to No. 123 to qualify for The Barclays -- and to keep his card for next year.Started to get a little emotional on 18, he said.Matt Jones wasnt as fortunate. He missed the cut and dropped out of the top 125, as did Whee Kim. Jones missed by nine points.---OLYMPIC TRAINING: Stacy Lewis had not been home much this summer from playing and planning a wedding, but the Houston native had the perfect place to get ready for the Olympics. Shes among tour players who now are members at Bluejaack National, the first U.ddddddddddddS. course by Tiger Woods Design.Lewis said she became a member through relationships with Steve Elkington, and her husband Gerrod Caldwell knew the developers.Ive been out there quite a few times when Ive been home, Lewis said. The grass is the same as here -- the same zoysia, putting greens, everything. I think that helped a little bit this week just from hitting pitch shots.Lewis tied for fourth, missing a playoff for the bronze by one shot.She figures it will help going forward, which is why she prefers to practice at Bluejack even though its a 45-minute drive from her house.Its worth it, she said. You can spend all day there. They have a back practice greens and if you want it super fast for a tournament, `Well do that for you. Theyve been very accommodating.---BEAT THE PRO: The KLM Open is taking fan involvement to a new level this year.The KLM Open, to be played Sept. 8-11, is hosting a Beat the Pro competition during the tournament, offering amateurs a chance to hit a tee shot on the par-3 14th at The Dutch course. The hole will be turned into an amphitheater.The KLM Open will have one amateur player tee off on the 14th with each group during the first and third rounds. Prizes will be offered to those who can hit their tee shots closer to the hole than the players.This will be an absolute highlight for the players and fans, Joost Luiten said. I think its great to have something going on around the hole. I dont think players will be distracted. On the contrary, I think they will love it. In the end we all want to play for as many fans as possible.---FEDEX CUP FINALE: The final three hours of the Tour Championship will feature more of Johnny Miller and less of the TV commercials.Actually, there will be no commercials at all.The PGA Tour has reached an enhanced sponsorship deal with Southern Company and Coca-Cola, which will allow for the final three hours of the broadcast on NBC to be commercial-free, which would include the entire back nine.The new sponsorship deals are through 2020. The Tour Championship, the final event of the FedEx Cup, is Sept. 22-25.---DIVOTS: Jordan Spieth has the longest active streak -- four years -- of starting the FedEx Cup playoffs in the top 10. That includes his rookie year in 2013 when he started the year without a card. ... Paul Simson won his eighth title at Pinehurst last week with his one-shot victory in the Senior North & South Amateur. He won the North & South twice, and the senior version six times. ... Justin Rose will make his first appearance on home soil since winning the Olympic gold medal on Oct. 13-16 at the British Masters. ... Leona Maguire has won the Mark H. McCormack Medal for the second straight year as the leading player in the womens amateur golf ranking. Maguire, one of three amateurs who played in the Olympics, is going into her junior season at Duke. But she plans to go through LPGA Tour qualifying and said she will turn pro if she makes it. ... The PGA Tour will be in Malaysia for four more years after announcing that CIMB Group has extended its sponsorship through 2020.---STAT OF THE WEEK: The six Olympic golf medals went to six nations -- Britain, Sweden, United States, South Korea, New Zealand and China.---FINAL WORD: You can drink out of the claret jug. And I guess the Olympic gold would be a nice coaster for the glass of wine. -- Justin Rose. ' ' '