Christine Ohuruogu puts together a tremendous struggle to make a comeback
Athletics careers are all about physical fitness, as one can emerge at any given event only until the time one can maintain strength. However, once this physical fitness comes under question, most of the times, what happens is that a downward spiral comes
into action which severely affects an athlete’s ability to make a comeback.
However, this is not the case with most performers given their determination, as some of them do not take long before overcoming all of the potential hurdles. One such athlete is English runner, Christine Ohuruogu.
Ohuruogu, the 27-year-old British athlete and former World, Olympic and Commonwealth champion, feels that the 400m run was one of the most beautiful events for her. She said, “It’s not necessary the strongest person or the fastest person who wins, but the
athlete who can work through the pressure.”
The young athlete was rather correct in her approach, as for bagging three major titles of her career, she managed to emerge when the competition was tough and athletes as strong as Tonique Williams-Darling, Sanya Richards-Ross, Novlene Williams-Mills succumbed
to severe pressure.
For depicting the courage to grasp acute pressure, the reward of the young athlete was splendid as being the most successful athlete of United Kingdom, she has made a place for the London Olympics 2012. However, having been through some severe injuries,
her last two seasons have not been good as they have only culminated in her losing the world title to Richards-Ross and the Commonwealth title to Amantle Montsho. For having clocked her PB about four years ago, there may be fewer chances for her to stand against
the world’s best fields in next year’s big tournament.
Commenting upon the situation, Ohuruogu said that one day or the other, one must have to fall off the pinnacle of one’s career, but she hoped that the moment was not that close for her. Talking about the time she spent while healing up from the injury, the
British athlete said, “I watched (last summer’s) European Championships on TV from my house. It was very, very difficult, because I really wanted to go and give myself a good chance of medaling. I watched the final thinking, how would I have managed if I were
there?”
In an attempt to revive her form and fitness, the Briton has been through some real pains. Starting with her frantic efforts, she flew to Lee Valley’s high-tech performance centre, where she had been training hard under the guidance of Glen Mills, the coach
who was behind the emphatic success of Usain Bolt.
After returning home, she hardly rested for a few weeks and flew to Los Angeles for another brutal training in Irvine. From all her efforts, pain was a certain outcome. Sharing her feelings, she said that an athlete could not escape the fact that training
was always hurting, and for her, it was getting faster (painful).
She said that putting in the efforts to raise the bar of her personal performance on a daily basis was important, but it was also making each day hard for her. If the efforts were not enough despite of bearing the pains, she is ready to go through all these
obstacles all over again, in her pursuit of ultimate glory.
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