RIO DE JANEIRO — Devon Allen might not be facing the best competition in the world when he laces up his spikes to race the 110-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics, though it will be competition enough to challenge the two-sport UO star.
Sure, doping charges and injuries have removed some of his biggest rivals. But the biggest reason the field isn't as stacked as it could be?
It's football.
Yes, the sport Allen plays when he's not winning medals on the track has claimed at least dozens, and more likely hundreds, of potential Olympic-caliber sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers.