‘I still have homework to do’: USA’s 16-year-old 800m star Cooper Lutkenhaus misses world semi-final
by Sean Ingle in Tokyo from on (#702MG)
Teenager is youngest ever US athlete at world champs
Texan finishes seventh in heat, short of personal best
Cooper Lutkenhaus must have the best excuse for missing class of any high school junior, given he has been in Japan these past two weeks preparing to compete for Team USA at the World Athletics Championship.
But the 16-year-old's dream of reaching the 800m final ended in the opening round on Tuesday as he could only finish seventh in the sweating heat of Tokyo.
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