The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant #23 - 3 Times Olympian and 7 Times National Champion Mikel Thomas

The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant

Adrian Durant

Self-improvement, Sports, African, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Education, Field, Month, Black, History, Track, American, Inspiration, Success, Olympian

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🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Out today's guest is an extremely inspiring personality not only because of his achievements but also he has one of the most inspiring journeys of becoming a pro athlete. Mikel Thomas is an International Hurdler who represents Trinidad and Tobago in the 110m Hurdles. Mikel competed in the 110 m hurdles event in 3 Olympics in a row, at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He has been a National Champion seven times and is also a National record holder. Mikel has also proved his mettle at international level by winning Pan American Games and NACAC championships in 2015.

Every athlete is made up from struggle and hard work and Mikel also had his share of hard times. In this podcast, Mikel Thomas will share his inspiring story of fulfilling his dream of becoming a pro athlete. From getting homeless to running out of funds, Mikel talks about all the struggles and hardships he faced not only at the beginning of his career but throughout his career. Mikel moved to the U.S. when he was 7 and he has fought his way since then to become what he is now. We also talk with Mikel about, how his life is now and what are his future plans.

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0:00.0	All right, good evening and welcome to the home stretch with Agent Durant where the athletes
0:16.0	get to tell us stories. We get to hear from some of the very best track and field athletes
0:19.6	and we get to hear their stories on how they overcome and triumph and achieve their goals.
0:24.5	So tonight we have another special guest representing Trinidad, Mikael Thomas. Before we get it,
0:31.6	let me get into his bio real quick in case you're not familiar with him. Mikael represented Trinidad
0:37.0	at Tobago in three Olympic games and five world championships. It's a seven time national champion
0:43.7	and a national record holder in the 110 hurdles for the time of 13-17. So really, really fast.
0:50.1	Pan Am Games Silver Medalist and also bronze medalist in the 4x4 and ACAC Gold Medalist as well.
0:57.9	And so thank you for joining us, Mikael. We appreciate you coming on.
1:02.1	So, look, glad to be here. Yeah, glad to be here.
1:05.6	And man, I love talking to athletes like you, man. I've looked you up and I saw a little bit of your
1:12.6	story so I'm really looking forward to getting into it and just having you talk about your journey.
1:17.5	100% and that's what I'm here for. Yeah, yeah. So track and fill, how did you get started in track
1:25.3	in track? You came up in Trinidad, right? Mm-hmm. And which part? Maloney Gardens Building 4. So I
1:32.4	am get to you from the east side. So I come far from from the building to now do degrees from
1:42.3	around the globe, but I just want to let Maloney know it's more than possible. So running for me
1:48.7	was just an escape. I used to run all the time and he concrete their effort, normal,
1:54.0	save your shoes, do your thing. But it wasn't until my family immigrated to New York,
1:59.8	where I actually started to compete in the sport. So big up Brooklyn, can I see five push, one time
2:06.7	for them to, and that's when I really got the opportunity to see what sport can offer me.
2:14.1	And it was a blessing because I was just a kid running in the hallways, but my high school coach
2:20.0	who was the dean gave me an option between the tension and track practice. So I think I chose the
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