They juggled the Olympic schedule for Michael Johnson and he delivered double gold at the Atlanta Games 20 years ago. Now the IAAF and IOC have done the same for Allyson Felix as she seeks the chance to go for the same elusive track-and-field double.
If all goes according to plan at the Rio Olympics, Felix will run a 400-meter semifinal in the evening on Aug. 14. About 13 hours later she'll race in the preliminaries of the 200 and have another 13 hours before the 400 final.
It's better than the original schedule, which had the 200 prelims and 400 final in the same evening session to essentially make the chance for the double unworkable.