“Now or never”. Now or never. Abby Steiner’s American dream, reflecting the motto that stands out on her social profiles, lasts 21 seconds and 80 cents, as many as it took to run the two hundred meters on the Eugene track, winning the university championships and recording the best time of the distance season. Now, after confirming that the tartan that will host the World Cup next July is very fast, a 22-year-old student from Kentucky University is also applying for a place in the US team for the home competition, after which – the technicians assure her that her they know – the possibility of snatching a spot for Tokyo was only vanished due to an injury.
A career so far in the twilight, but the technicians assure that the Midwestern girl born in Dublin, Ohio, and raised competitive in Lexington, Kentucky, is predestined for Olympic gold. Wasp exception, in a discipline dominated in the USA by colored athletes. But the exploits of her university championships will make a lot of talk about her. Not only the 200, in fact: on the sprint along the Abby she did better than Christine Mboma, Olympic silver of the distance last summer, who this year had not dropped below 21”87; and even better than many protagonists of the Diamond League.
Hands on mouth to express all her surprise, the braid of hair gathered on her back, but Abby did not stop there: 45 minutes after her performance, she repeated herself in the 4×400, with a 48 “92 in her fraction that has allowed his university to come back from fourth place and win.
All after taking the bronze in the 100 (11 “08) and the silver in the 4×100. In two weeks the US national team awaits, again in Eugene, to define the trio of sprinters.” Abby is a born sprinter: never seen one of such talent and dedication: she is a sports student “, describes the head coach.
After the performance in the 200s, she showed off the usual natural commercial smile, and professed a modest joy. “It was the best season of my life, because I took every race as a lesson to learn, and correct my mistakes on the 200: today, everything came together at the right time”. Her perfect words for photos posted by Instagram, with the university ‘touch’ on her head. That soon, experts assure her, she will fly into the air to fulfill the dream.
Source: Ansa
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