FAYETTEVILLE -- A month before Omar McLeod ran the 110-meter hurdles at the Olympics, he fell at a meet in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

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Two days later, Arkansas' four-time NCAA champion fell again at a meet in Budapest, Hungary.

Those were the last two races for McLeod -- the world leader in the event -- going into the Olympics.

"Two falls in two weeks. How bad does it get?" McLeod said Saturday before a training session at John McDonnell Field. "But it was something I learned from.

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"When I went to the Olympics, I was a brand-new person.