268. Yaseen Abdalla: Heritage, Heart, and Olympic Glory
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Hog Pod, we sit down with three-time All-American and Olympian Yaseen Abdalla to hear his remarkable journey from humble beginnings to representing Sudan on the world stage. Yaseen shares how a simple run during a family vacation sparked his love for the sport, despite initial struggles in high school. He reflects on the moments when he almost quit, but small victories kept him going. Yaseen also dives deep into his Sudanese heritage, discussing how his parents' influence and love for their homeland led him to proudly represent Sudan in the Paris Olympics, where he set a national record in the marathon.
With an inspiring mix of resilience, determination, and cultural pride, Yaseen offers listeners a rare glimpse into the highs and lows of his athletic career, while sharing his ambitious goals for the future. Tune in to hear the story of an athlete who, despite challenges, continues to push the limits of what’s possible.
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| 0:00.0 | If I'm not paying attention, I'll do 130. |
| 0:04.0 | What do you mean if you're not paying attention? |
| 0:07.0 | Like I basically run twice a day. |
| 0:09.0 | Okay. And if I'm not counting it, like I'm... |
| 0:11.0 | You just keep going? |
| 0:12.0 | I'll just do it every day and it'll end up 130, 125, stuff like that, even if I'm not |
| 0:16.7 | paying attention. And I usually try and I've been trying to hold 125, I talked to Buck, |
| 0:20.9 | racing now. |
| 0:22.3 | Do we have to put a limit on you? |
| 0:24.0 | We're cutting it back. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by |
| 0:41.2 | our friends at South by Northwest Hospitality. You've seen Abdullah is a superstar in the world of cross country, a three-time |
| 0:59.2 | all-American Sudanese national record holder and Olympian. |
| 1:04.0 | Yousin's path to success though was far from straightforward. |
| 1:08.0 | There's a lot of like happened stands. |
| 1:10.0 | My dad forgot his backpack like, was probably 400 years like away but it felt like seven miles like I went on a journey and he's like go get it and so I'm just running and I remember I enjoyed it and I get the backpack and I'm like I'm good at this. |
| 1:23.4 | I come back and I was like you're good at this and now was going into high school. |
| 1:27.3 | He's like you have to do this when you get to and you get high school. |
| 1:30.0 | I was like, okay. |
| 1:31.0 | You've seen how to slow start in the sport and at times considered giving it all up. |
| 1:35.0 | But through dedication and grit, he became one of the top distance runners in the country. |
| 1:40.0 | I wanted to quit and then I got like a little crumb of success like didn't keep me going |
| 1:47.4 | Yousin's story is also deeply tied to his |
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