Daley fought tooth and nail to be the greatest, and he succeeded against all odds. He is now mentoring the next generation of sportsmen and women, passing on his knowledge and dedication to brilliance.
Daley Thompson , Olympic athlete. Born in Notting Hill, his first sporting ambition was to become a professional footballer and escape the poverty and prejudice of his surroundings. Here, his headmaster encouraged him to run. It was the start of a lifelong love of athletics. He triumphed at the AAA Junior Championships in , and the following year secured a place in the British Olympic team, aged 17, finishing 8th in the Decathlon.
In the run up to the Olympic Games Moscow he set three World junior records before winning his first Olympic Gold. He later gave both medals to his training group who had stood by him as he fought to achieve his dreams. The nowyear-old has never been backward in coming forward on key issues - and while he may not welcome the title of a trailblazer for black British people, he has been an orb of inspiration for a generation in his decades walking the sporting world as a king, including fellow Olympic champion Denise Lewis.
Loads of my friends live in the past, but I try not to. For many decathlon is one of the guiding stars of the Olympic Games. Tags daley thompson moscow los angeles montreal Because his mother had to work, he was sent to boarding school. His mother did not particularly encourage his interest in sports, but at the school, he grew up in a disciplined environment where skill in sports was highly valued.
At first, he liked soccer, but eventually turned to track and field. In , at the age of 14, Thompson competed in his first open meet. In , he won the national junior indoor 60 in 6. He thought of himself as a sprinter, but in June , on a whim, he entered the Welsh open decathlon. The modern version has been around since the turn of the twentieth century.
It is a series of ten track-and field events. Any athlete who participates must be an all-around talent. First day events include meter sprinting, long jump, shot put, high jump, and running meters. On the second day the athlete must run the meter hurdles, throw the discus, pole vault, throw the javelin, and run 1, meters.
Anyone who misses one event is out of the whole competition. Each athlete earns points for each event, according to a system devised by the International Amateur Athletic Federation. For each competition, an athlete can earn up to 1, points. At the end of the competition, the athletes with the five best point scores run together in the 1, meters. Traditionally, decathlon participants hate this running event, since they are usually powerfully muscled, built more for the explosive strength required for the other decathlon events than for endurance running.
In The Olympics Handbook, Norman Giller remarked that Thompson is typical in this regard: "If he has a weakness, it is in the 1, meters, where he tends to lumber rather than glide around the track. The event is grueling. According to Nelson, Thompson said, "In the decathlon, nothing is won ahead of time. You can have one good event, but you'll never know how the next one turns out until you get to it.
In addition, at age 16, he had won an incredible total of points in the combined events, which was only points less than Bob Mathias had when he won the Olympics. Thompson realized he had talent for the decathlon and that he loved it—he was hooked. But Thompson had the upper hand in the major events, remaining undefeated in all competitions between and In at Los Angeles Thompson had just won his second Olympic decathlon gold medal and wore a T-shirt that read "is the world's 2nd greatest athlete gay?
US sprinter Carl Lewis had been dealing with rumours of homosexuality and the shirt was regarded as being cruelly directed at him. Thompson was forced to retire in with persistent hamstring trouble. He also worked as fitness coach for Wimbledon and Luton Town. Jump directly to the content.
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