"Maybe on the warmup track I was eating some bugs, but I didn't notice it in the race at all. You are in the zone then. There could have been an earthquake and I'd have no idea," — US runner Morgan Uceny speaking as flying ants descended on Olympic Stadium Wednesday.

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