Kenny Bednarek On Qualifying For The US Olympic Team In The 100m & 200m; Facing Noah Lyles In Paris | CITIUS MAG LIVE FROM EUGENE!
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🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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“After the 100, you could see I was really ticked off because I knew I should have won that and I lost it. But with the 200, there was a lot of upside and I was happy to see the performance because I was like, ‘Hey I was there and I let off the gas because I had to, but Paris is what matters and I know I'm going to be ready.”
2x Olympian and 3x World Championship Medalist Kenny Bednarek joins us live in Eugene after his runner-up finish in the Olympic Trials 100m – his first national team in the event. Kenny breaks down the 100m rounds at the Trials, his thoughts on who should be on the 4x100m relay, and more. Hear more from Kenny and what’s ahead for him in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.
Hosts: Anderson Emerole | @atkoeme on Instagram
Guest: Kenny Bednarek | @kenny_bednarek on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back everyone. We are here with another special guest, another I keep saying it, one of the goats a track and field, |
| 0:06.6 | definitely one of the current goats attraction field. |
| 0:08.8 | Appreciate it. |
| 0:09.3 | Considering, you know what he's done over the past couple years Kenny Benaric and just to go off his |
| 0:13.4 | accolades I'm gonna try and do this all memory because you got you got some crazy |
| 0:16.1 | crazy accolades Olympic silver medalists in 2021 world championship silver medalists in |
| 0:22.4 | 2022 World Championship silver medalist in 2022. |
| 0:23.0 | 19, well newly minted 19.59 personal best in the 200, |
| 0:29.0 | one of the fastest of all time. |
| 0:31.0 | Even went back, you got you know junior what junior college championships and |
| 0:35.4 | titles and all that 44 73 and yeah that's all that's all it is man |
| 0:39.8 | Kenne Vanaric appreciate it and now two-timelympian going to Paris I mean what's it |
| 0:44.7 | what's it feel to wake up the other day knowing you're going to Paris in two events? |
| 0:47.5 | I mean it's an amazing feeling it didn't quite hit that I was going to two after I mean we already know that the 200 my event but then once I made the team for the 100 I think it's like two days later I was like damn like I'm actually running the 100 and as a kid I was always dreaming about oh I'm going to be one of the fastest humans on earth and |
| 1:05.1 | You know represent my country and to be able to do it for the 100 and the two it's a it's definitely a blessing and I'm definitely excited to do it. |
| 1:12.8 | Yeah and it wasn't light I mean you don't run 9.87 seconds and just be like yeah, you know I'm one of the |
| 1:18.8 | fact like that's a big big deal like did that time shock you or did you know that something like that was coming? |
| 1:24.3 | I already knew something like that was company and to be honest I know that I'm a lot fashion in that |
| 1:28.0 | for me as we already know the 100 is not really my event and I'm just you know getting my feet wet in that event |
| 1:34.0 | so I just need a little bit more underneath my belt and I can run 9 7 I mean that was |
| 1:38.0 | the goal I was like 9 7 is gonna win it and that's what I was trying to do but |
| 1:41.4 | I just need a little bit more |
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