EUGENE, Ore. — In a brief span in June, Trayvon Bromell had an asthma attack at a meet in Rome that led to an ambulance ride off the track, and he suffered a slight tear in his left Achilles in advance of an event in Birmingham, Ala.
The latter wasn’t career-threatening, despite early reports to the contrary.
“I don’t know why people were on Twitter saying a career-ending (injury),” Bromell said Saturday. “I was like, ‘Hey, it’s not that serious.’ ”
But the temporary ailments reawakened discussions about Bromell’s checkered past of injuries, including a rash of setbacks — to both knees, his hip, his forearm — during his time at Gibbs High School in St.