LONDON — Isiah Young’s first Olympics ended in disappointment Wednesday. The former Allen Community College standout track athlete’s bid for a medal in the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games came up short.
Young, who is from Junction City and ran for Ole Miss in Oxford, Miss. as a collegian, finished last in his semifinal heat race Wednesday. Also in that heat was Jamaica’s Usian Bolt, who is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200 plus just won the 100-meter Olympic gold medal this week.
Young ran the 200 meters in 20.89 seconds in the semifinals. He had posted a 20.55-second run in the qualifying heats on Tuesday.
Yohan Blake of Jamaica had the fastest qualifying run in the semifinals at 20.01 seconds. The lone American to reach the 200-meter final is Wallace Spearman, who ran his semifinal in 20.02 seconds.
