And young Shannon's anger with her, she said, goes back to a misunderstanding at the Olympic semifinals late in June in Paris. The first time was in Paris, where we qualified to do our Olympic event. Only the top eight would go. That was going to box me in. She didn't understand why I was yelling at her.
Wheelchair athletes do a lot of yelling in races.
I tried to explain. I was pumping as hard as I could, and with 300 meters left, I was coming out of the turn. The track was wet and slippery, and I came out a little wide. If I hit anybody, that was where. Driscoll has two weeks to set herself again for an exhausting five races, including a full marathon, in the Paralympic Games, opening in the same Atlanta venues on Aug. 15.