Miami's Jackson overcomes obstacles, wins bronze (Miami Herald)

18 August 2008, 7:12 pm

BEIJING -- Bershawn Jackson grew up running at Moore Park, where the track is worn thin, like many dreams in Miami's inner city. Jackson always wanted to go to the Olympics. He wanted to ''travel the world and get out of the ghetto,'' as he put it. So he ran. He ran and ran around the balding old track at Moore Park, and it was fitting that the short kid chose the spiteful 400-meter hurdles as ...... read more

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