American sprinter Kendall Ellis said she was 'lied to and embarrassed' after Team USA's women's relay coach told her she would not be running in the final minutes before the race started.
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"I feel very proud of the team that was put out there. I think they ran incredible," Ellis told ESPN late Saturday night."I also feel disappointed and lied to and embarrassed. I feel like I was blindsided because I was told one thing this morning and, for hours, thought I was running in the final. It seems everyone know besides me."
"At the end of the conversation," Ellis said," said, 'You seem ready. I'm going to put you on this relay in the third leg.' She told me to pick up my uniform for the finals. I said, 'OK' and got to the stadium at 6:15 under the impression I was running."Ellis said she began warming up shortly before check-in for the race when another U.S. coach came up to her and said he was"really sorry" to hear she wasn't running in the relay.
"I feel like so many athletes on the U.S. team have had this concern of there being a lack of transparency and communication regarding U.S. relays," she said."This is not new. This is not shocking. There is a history of this on USA relays, and I am fed up and would like to bring awareness to it."
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