Samsung Diamond League highlights - Walter Dix all set to set new record
Displaying his impeccable athletic skills since the age of eighteen, Walter Dix is no alien to the field of athletics, nor does he require any intense introduction. The 24 year old American is distinguished from a vast majority of men his age by proudly being associated with the distinction of being the seventh fastest two hundred meter runner. His personal best in this arena of athletics is a completion time of 19.69 seconds, while he is also celebrated for accomplishing the feat of overcoming the barrier of 10 seconds in the field of hundred meter races, achieving this praise worthy recognition in a mere time period of 9.91 seconds.
He provided the American nation with a further reason to gloat with pride, when he was crowned with the record of being the only athlete to have to his name two individual medals, a task he carried out at the 2008 Beijing Olympics: he was able to reach the final rounds of both the hundred meter and the two hundred meter races, and bring home two shiny bronze medals, not only bringing pride to his country, but also demonstrating his worth and ability to outshine in the spectrum of athletics.
With the Samsung Diamond League in full progression, Walter Dix is well versed with his capabilities, and aims to participate with the purpose of out casting Michael Johnson’s impressive record of 19.32 which he was able to maintain with dignity and pride for a period of 14 years. Dix has made his intentions clear in a recent statement, according to which he believes that accomplishing the task of surpassing this target, and setting a new one with his signature is a task that will not be easy to accomplish, but nevertheless can be attempted.
Certainly, with three two hundred meters victories already to his name in the Samsung Diamond League, one finds it difficult and pretentious to doubt his ability to achieve the target he has set for himself in the near future. Further validating his strengths is the piece of fact that Walter Dix recently earned a title for himself at the hundred meter race in Des Moines. He has been consistent throughout the season, recently beating his own record at Prefontaine Classic to top it with a completion in 19.72 seconds at Eugene, and not even displaying a slight level of breathlessness, a further indicator of the form this athlete has been displaying and the potential he demonstrates to uproot all his fellow competitors.
For an athlete who was severely injured only 12 months ago that resulted in a pulled hamstring as one of the many injuries, Walter Dix does undoubtedly exhibit an astonishingly high level of spirit and physical strength. Not only has he been performing consistently at every major tournament, prohibiting his recent injuries from acting as a hindrance in any manner, but also he has been setting up elevated targets for himself. This establishes the calibre of this athlete as one who is committed to making the field of athletics flourish in all its entirety, by aiming higher with each occasion and still surpassing his and everyone else’s expectations with every race. Whether Walter Dix will be able to accomplish the target he has placed for himself in the Samsung Diamond League, only time can tell, but it is definitely safe to say that all the odds are certainly nodding in his favour.
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