E48: Chris & Nik Nikic - The World’s First 6 Star Finisher with Down’s Syndrome

Marathon Talk

World Marathon Majors

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Sports, Running

4.7 • 994 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

March 2024 saw barriers broken at the Tokyo Marathon by a man whose dedication to being 1% better every day is utterly inspiring - Chris Nikic.

The first to complete the 6 Abbott Majors as an athlete with Down’s Syndrome, his outlook on resilience, progress and motivation should rouse us all, so it’s a joy for Chris and his father Nik to join us on this episode of Marathon Talk.

It’s an episode not to be missed, as we give you the rundown on everything to look out for at the Olympics in Paris!

In this episode of Marathon Talk:

0:00 - Deena kicks us off with a look back at her various vacation escapades, and Martin brings us into the mindset of feeling fast, without necessarily running it
9:55 - The Olympics are upon us, and we preview the big stories to watch out for, from Sifan Hassan’s packed schedule, to Team GB’s promising prospects, and of course our pick of the favourites from the marathon field - plus Deena shares just what it’s like as an elite athlete to prepare for the Olympics
31:50 - The inspirational story of Chris Nikic and his father Nik is the subject of a moving new documentary, so it’s high time to break down the remarkable mindset of a man whose resilience saw him become the first athlete with Down’s Syndrome to become a 6 Star Finisher!

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 48 of marathon tour powered by Abbott World Marathon Major.
0:06.0	This week we're getting all kiddie.
0:08.0	As the Olympics gets underway, Dina gives us an inside look at just what it was like to prepare for and win an Olympic medal.
0:16.6	We pick out the ones to watch when truck and field and road action gets underway and in this week's interview.
0:23.0	We speak to Nick Nickitz, the father of Chris,
0:26.3	who became the first runner with Down syndrome
0:29.0	to earn the Six Star Medal this year
0:32.0	and is the star of a new documentary out now. Right, let's go.
0:41.6	Dina, what have you been up to?
0:43.4	Oh, well, I just wrapped up my interview with Nick and his father, Chris, and it was such an
0:49.2	inspiration. I'm still laughing about some of the stories they were telling so I hope you
0:54.7	listeners look forward to to hearing from Nick and Chris later in this episode
0:59.2	but I've been on vacation I'm still on vacation since the last time we talked, but I have gotten in some
1:06.4	beautiful morning runs along the beach. When you're in Florida in the summer, it is hot 90 degrees so humid so getting out super early in the
1:17.4	morning but beautiful sunrises where was the where was the best place you ran give us Dina's like top-ranked number one run?
1:25.2	You know what? You know what we did is each day I just went left or right out of the house and
1:30.0	so it was like up the coast or down the coast but but I was on the road. I love looking at all the big beautiful homes. I got kicked out of a gated community. The security guard pulled up next to me was like do you live here I said no but
1:46.1	I'm renting a house right on the other side of those gates and he's like yeah you can't be here
1:51.3	so so I got kicked out kicked out of a really net but it's just
1:56.6	because I love house looking. Did you say this because this is what a British
2:00.4	person was going they would say do you know who I am?
2:03.4	Yeah, if my mother was with me, she would have said that because that's her, that's her move.
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