RIO DE JANEIRO ? When you're making your Olympic debut and the skies open up and start dumping rain, it's good to be a Duck.
"I'm from Oregon, so it didn't bother me too much," said Devon Allen, the UO two-sport star, after completing his first-round heat of the 110-meter hurdles Monday night at soggy Olympic Stadium.
No, the rain wasn't a problem for Allen, who was awarded second place even though he shared the same time of 13.41 seconds with heat winner Konstadinos Douvalidi of Greece.
Neither was the grand stage of the nearly 47,000-seat stadium an issue.