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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - At last count, he’s still got 68 days.
Assuming all goes well in training and competing between now and Aug. 12, it’ll be on a summer Sunday in the ExCel Exhibition Centre that put up or shut up time will come for Dominic Breazeale.
Or, to be more precise… tear up or clam up time.
And while the super heavyweight hopeful – who won Olympic entry with a second-place finish at the AIBA Americas qualifier in Brazil – claims to still not know how exactly he’ll react upon hearing the “Star Spangled Banner” from a podium-top perch in London, it’s a problem he won’t mind having.
“I’ve got a pretty good drive, about 45 minutes, from my house to the gym and I probably think about it five or 10 times each way,” the 26-year-old Californian said. “Every day when I’m in the shower I’m thinking about the Olympics. Every time I see red, white and blue.
“I’m not usually an emotional guy, but sure it’s a really emotional situation and I can’t say that I won’t shed a tear. I’d love to look back and see my expression when they put the medal around my neck.
“Either way, if I’m standing on the podium with the flag waving and the best anthem in the world playing it’ll be a dream come true.” [Click Here To Read More]
Assuming all goes well in training and competing between now and Aug. 12, it’ll be on a summer Sunday in the ExCel Exhibition Centre that put up or shut up time will come for Dominic Breazeale.
Or, to be more precise… tear up or clam up time.
And while the super heavyweight hopeful – who won Olympic entry with a second-place finish at the AIBA Americas qualifier in Brazil – claims to still not know how exactly he’ll react upon hearing the “Star Spangled Banner” from a podium-top perch in London, it’s a problem he won’t mind having.
“I’ve got a pretty good drive, about 45 minutes, from my house to the gym and I probably think about it five or 10 times each way,” the 26-year-old Californian said. “Every day when I’m in the shower I’m thinking about the Olympics. Every time I see red, white and blue.
“I’m not usually an emotional guy, but sure it’s a really emotional situation and I can’t say that I won’t shed a tear. I’d love to look back and see my expression when they put the medal around my neck.
“Either way, if I’m standing on the podium with the flag waving and the best anthem in the world playing it’ll be a dream come true.” [Click Here To Read More]
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