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Bailey out of Canadian relay team
SYDNEY, Sept 28 (AFP) - Canada's former 100 metres world recordholder Donovan Bailey has pulled out of his country's 4x100 relay team, his manager said Thursday. Ray Flynn told AFP that Bailey, whose defence of his Olympic crown ended when he all but pulled up in his second round heat, was not in the right state physically or mentally to run for the defending champions. "It's a combination of his health and his mental state," Flynn said. "He really isn't ready to race at the moment," he added. Sources close to Bailey's camp, which includes 1999 world 100m silver medallist Bruny Surin and Olympic 100m bronze medallist Obadele Thompson, suggested that the way he was feeling suggested he would retire soon despite next year's world championships being held in Edmonton, Canada. Bailey, who has seen his world title, world record and Olympic crown all fall into the hands of bitter rival Maurice Greene, has never really recovered his form or fitness since he returned from rupturing his Achilles tendon in 1998.
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