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Posted By richards on July 24, 2012

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) The scrapes on the right arm of Jeneba Tarmoh are still raw from a recent fall in a race.

The sprinter's emotions over the 100-meter debacle at the U.S. trials are far more healed. She's moved on from what transpired a month ago, hardly giving it a second thought since she's arrived in Birmingham for training camp.

Tarmoh is a member of the relay pool, her only event after conceding her spot in the 100 to training partner Allyson Felix after they finished in a dead heat for third place on June 23.

USA Track and Field didn't have a protocol in place to break the tie and adopted one on the fly. The athletes could choose between a coin flip, winner-take-all runoff or one could simply concede the spot to the other.

A full week later, Felix and Tarmoh settled on a runoff. But on the day of the race, Tarmoh elected to pull out of the competition.

She didn't think she needed to earn her place again, especially since she was originally declared the third-place finisher. She even did a celebratory lap.

That's all behind her now.

"I'm looking forward," Tarmoh said after training Monday. "I try to stay very positive and not let what happened in the past affect my future and whatever is going to take place."

With the sun shining in Birmingham a rare sight lately Tarmoh went through a workout with Felix while their coach Bobby Kersee called out instructions.

For Felix, it was a series of starts out of the blocks and sprints down the straightaway. She's running the 100 and 200 for sure, and possibly the 400 and 1,600 relays as well. She's going to be awfully busy.

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International Capsules: Tarmoh moves on from 100 debacle at U.S. trials

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