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You often here “When preparation meets opportunity”. This was that moment!
August 1, 1996: Michael Johnson (@MJGold) 🇺🇸 breaks the world record and wins the gold🥇in the 200M at the Olympics in Atlanta.
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Michael Johnson
@MJGold
Olympic & World Champion. 12x🥇 0x🥈 0x🥉
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@Iwanrunner is amongst an elite group of people who can say “Yeah I beat MJ in the 400” 😂 Once rivals, always friends!
Track photographers been doing this for the love of the sport. They also need to be rewarded for capturing and telling the story of our sport.
I know athletes being paid is the whole thing but I gotta say. The investment GST made into our media team also a refreshing change!!View quoted post on X
-Paying us for our hard work
-Travel, hotel & meals
-Team merch
-Plus the photo credit on top
Thank you @GrandSlamTrack & @MJGold !!
People keep saying “Sponsor him”. Newsflash: He is sponsored! That’s the problem. For some athletes relying totally on a sponsor isn’t enough. You need to earn real money competing. Sponsorship should be only part of it.
A day in the life of Jacory Patterson, the fastest 400m runner in the world so far this year. He is unsponsored and also works at UPS.
a.m. — Wake up
9/9:30 a.m. — Training, lifting
Late Morning — Treatment, if needed
Afternoon — Sleep (all day)
p.m. — Wake up, eat
p.m. — Start work at UPS
4/4:30 a.m. — End work at UPS
a.m. — Sleep until a.m.
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One thing I want to do with @GrandSlamTrack is honor the legends who inspired the next! We started in Kingston with Asafa, Justin, and others. Here we have Gwen Torrence, @SanyaRichiRoss, @VCampbellBrown, and Valerie Brisco-Hooks. You will see legends honored at every slam.
