Do the Olympic schedule makers actually watch the Olympics ? Given how they just ruined one of the biggest potential storylines of the Los Angeles Games, that is a question that plenty who love track and field are asking.

The schedule, which was released this week, would make it impossible for Dunellen native Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone to chase an unprecedented “double” in the 400 meters and the 400-meter hurdles in 2028 — and her personal coach is fuming.

“We’re a sport fighting for attention. So why do you make this decision?” Bob Kersee told The Orange County Register . “This shows the weakness of our sport. We’ve got the stars but we don’t get any help from the top.”

McLaughlin-Levrone is already history’s greatest at the 400-meter hurdles. Following her decorated career at U

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