The Combined Zone in LA Grand Prix was super. Whereas many athletes didn’t cease for interviews, many did, and Sam Kendricks and Mondo Duplantis have been among the many group.
Sam and Mondo entertained a pair thousand followers for at the very least an hour after the monitor races have been over. Afterward, each spoke to RunBlogRun and the assembled media.
Sam Kendricks is the 2016 Olympic bronze and gold medalist in 2017 and 2019. In 2021 he examined optimistic for COVID as he arrived in Tokyo, and in 2022, he broke his leg. Now totally recovered, the always-smiling Kendricks spent a while with us after his thrilling pole vault duel with Mondo Duplantis.
What many followers and media don’t recognize, I consider, is absolutely the playing strikes that Sam Kendricks does when he competes. His requirements have been an infinitesimal distance from the pads (80cm, Mondo instructed me). Mondo instructed me, admiringly, Sam Kendricks had simply executed one thing few others may accomplish, a lot much less attempt.
Kendricks has missed two years of competing. However his beautiful spouse, new son, and coaching middle in Oxford, Mississippi, have sustained him. We are going to see what he can do now.
We can’t wait to see him compete this week on the USATF Champs, July 6-9, 2023, https://www.usatf.org/events/2023/2023-toyota-usatf-outdoor-championships/status-of-entries, Sam, at 5.91m clearance, is quantity 4 on the qualifying record!
Particular thanks as at all times to Sam Kendricks, who loves his occasion, sport, household, and rivals. A very good man, an exception man. I’m fairly glad he’s again!
