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EUGENE, Ore. -- Three-time Olympian Allen Johnson's run at one last games came to an end Saturday when he pulled up about halfway through the qualifying round of the 110-meter hurdles at U.S. track trials.

The 37-year-old 1996 Olympic champion had hoped to qualify for Beijing, saying last month he'd run at trials this week even with a broken leg.

Starting in the outside lane, he got off to a decent start, keeping pace with two-time Olympic silver medalist Terrence Trammell. But after clearing the fourth hurdle, he pulled up lame, ran around the fifth barrier, then fell to the ground.

After spending some time on the track with a trainer, he got up, waved to the crowd and walked gingerly to the exit.

"I knew that this was a possibility," said Johnson, who hurt a tendon in his left leg about six weeks ago. "I was hoping it wouldn't happen."

It hardly felt like the "right" kind of finish for a seven-time American champion, the four-time world champion and one of the best-known stars of his sport -- ranked in the top 10 for 14 straight years coming into this season.

He had said he would retire after this year, but in the direct aftermath of the injury, he didn't rule out surgery and a comeback for 2009.

"I've had some great days, I've had some bad days," he said. "This is one of those bad days."

In other events Saturday, Kevin Eastler qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in the men's 20-kilometer race walk.

Eastler finished the walk in 1 hour, 22 minutes, 56 seconds and was the only American to make the team.

Tim Seaman finished second in 1:23.38, but did not beat the Olympic qualifying standard of 1:23.

Jesse Williams, Andra Manson and Dustin Jonas have made the team in the men's high jump.

Williams, ranked eighth in the world last year, jumped 7 feet, 6½ inches at Olympic track and field trials Saturday for the victory.

Manson tied for second with Jamie Nieto, but Nieto, along with the fourth- and fifth-place finishers, lacked the Olympic qualifying standard.

That left the last spot open for Jonas, who tied for sixth and won the spot in a jump-off against Scott Sellers.

Anthony Famiglietti, Billy Nelson and Josh McAdams qualified in the men's steeplechase.

Famiglietti finished in 8 minutes, 20.24 seconds. He's already won in Beijing, taking first at the World University Games in 2001.

Nelson, who just wrapped up his career at Colorado, sprinted past McAdams to take second place, finishing in 8:21.47, at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.

Michelle Carter, Kristin Heaston and Jillian Camarena made the team in the women's shot put.

Carter's winning throw was a personal-best 61 feet, 10 1/4 inches. Her father, Michael Carter, won the silver medal in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics.

Heaston's best throw was 60-02. She was the runner-up at the 2004 trials.

Jessica Crosby, Amber Campbell and Loree Smith made the team in the hammer throw.

Crosby won the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday with a throw of 232 feet.

Campbell finished second and Smith finished fourth, but made the team because third-place finisher Sarah Veress didn't have an Olympic qualifying mark.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press