ATHLETICS NEWS - The rush, the roar, the race – Donavan Brazier takes a moment to reflect on some of the biggest moments of his fledgling career, and even when we chatted, deep in the off-season, there’s no disguising the excitement on the 20-year-old’s face.
He thinks back to the first time he represented his country, at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia earlier this year, and how it felt to wear the USA kit again at the IAAF World Championships in London.
“When I put it on and saw myself in the mirror, I felt like I got stronger,” he says. “To run on the track and hear people cheering for your country, you feel you’re representing something greater than yourself. I keep on trying to get that feeling.”
It’s a rush, an addictive one, and Brazier may not have long to wait before getting his next hit.
The IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 are now less than five weeks away, and Brazier has been back training since the start of October with a view to making as big an impression this indoor season as he did in 2016.
