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The Homestretch W/Adrian Durant #5 – 3 Times Olympic Gold And 6 X World Champion – Lashawn Merritt

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Just one Olympic Gold is a dream for many athletes but our today s guest is a 4 times Olympic Medalist of which 3 are Gold Medals out of which he won two Gold in a single Olympics nbsp Our today s guest on The Homestretch w Adrian Durant needs no introduction he is one of the most decorated male US sprinter 4 times Olympic Medalist 6 times World Champion none other than Lashawn Merritt nbsp Lashawn is the perfect paradigm of dedication hard work and hustle He has worked his way up the scale of championships in the 400 04 World Junior titlist 05 Worlds 4 4 heat runner 07 Worlds 400 silver and relay gold then the Olympic titles in both events in 2008 Beijing Olympics He wasn t looking like stopping there at all He went on to become 5 times World Champion after that and claimed two more Olympic titles in 2016 Rio Olympics nbsp In this latest interview with Lashawn Merritt we are going to talk about his life story from the start How he started in track while growing up and started winning championships right from the very young age We discus his time at East Carolina University and his journey to become 4 times Olympic Medalist nbsp Unfortunate for any athlete Lashawn s career is also having a setback due to injury In the last few years he has raced in professional events just seven times and he skipped entire Diamond League seasons and did not enter national championships Merritt was going through the toughest injury spell of his career at that time And we haven t seen much of him as well in those years In this interview we are going to know all about where Lashwan Merritt was for past few years how he got injured and how he is now Also what lies ahead in his professional running career Coming up in this podcast nbsp Thank you for listening nbsp Leave a like if you liked the interview and also share with you friends nbsp Subscribe the channel for more such inspiring interviews with athletes and sports personalities and make sure to turn on notifications for future updates nbsp Adrian Durant-Instagram – https www instagram com akdcoach hl enTwitter – https twitter com akdcoach lang enFacebook – Adrian Durant nbsp Lashawn Merritt-Instagram – https www instagram com lashawnmerritt hl enTwitter – https twitter com lashawnmerritt lang en

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