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Must be something in the water

By Helene Elliott
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EUGENE, Ore. -- Another javelin thrower has appeared in an outfit and hairdo that can only be described as a major faux pas.

Breaux Greer is sporting spiky hair colored with streaks of pink, black and white. They match his shirt, which has strange straps of the same colors.

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There’s something to be said for being fashion-forward, but Greer and Roald Bradstock -- the 46-year-old with the matching striped bodysuits and javelins -- are on shaky fashion ground.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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