The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant #5 - 3 Times Olympic Gold and 6 x World Champion - Lashawn Merritt

The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant

Adrian Durant

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🗓️ 31 January 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Just one Olympic Gold is a dream for many athletes but our today's guest is a 4 times Olympic Medalist of which 3 are Gold Medals out of which he won two Gold in a single Olympics. Our today’s' guest on The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, needs no introduction, he is one of the most decorated male US sprinter, 4 times Olympic Medalist, 6 times World Champion, none other than, Lashawn Merritt. Lashawn is the perfect paradigm of dedication, hard work and hustle. He has worked his way ...

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0:00.0	All right, so I want to welcome our guests, Lashan Merritt, and also I have another guest,
0:17.2	our guest co-host today, Coach Justin Byron, associate head coach at Cornell.
0:22.1	Welcome, welcome Lashan.
0:24.5	You know, we know Coach Byron and I know Lashan from back of the day when we all used to
0:28.6	train in Virginia together, you know, the hard days.
0:33.8	You know, Coach Byron, I watched up and retired, but Lashan, you know, he's kind of, he's
0:38.7	still at it, you know, picking up medals and whatnot.
0:41.8	So, Sean, Lashan made me feel like I was welcome.
0:45.0	He made me feel like I was watched up and retired back back when we were training together.
0:49.1	Exactly.
0:50.1	Exactly.
0:51.1	Because I felt watched up and retired back then.
0:53.1	No, we'll go into the humble and experienced that is training with Lashan Merritt, but I, let
0:58.1	me just get it to his stats real quick.
1:00.3	Really quickly, Sean Merritt, PR and the 435, PR and 219 74, the 3131 23, and I believe you
1:13.6	have the title, Craig Melf, if I'm wrong, but you're the most decorated.
1:19.0	Help me out.
1:20.0	The most decorated male American.
1:22.7	There we go.
1:23.7	And how many medals is that?
1:25.7	You know what, man, I really don't even know.
1:28.6	You know, come on.
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