Daily News | By qualifying for Worlds, Kyle Garland’s vision of going to the Olympics with Team USA comes into view
Kyle Garland’s vision to be standing on a podium this time next year is affixed to a posterboard on a wall in his room, with the words “PARIS 24″ at the bottom.
“I’ve never been one to shy away from a challenge,” Garland continued. “This is probably one of the toughest and most grueling challenges I probably had to take on in my life, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It’s so fun. Decathletes are the ultimate athlete… and to be able to put myself in that category and not just put myself in that category, but to put myself at the top of that category it means a great deal to me.
Each event is given a score based on finish and then the athlete with the highest total score is the winner. Garland, who grew up a track and field enthusiast and competed in the sport at an early age, was already involved in multiple events courtesy of his father, Keith Garland. But it was a meet official who introduced the decathlon to Garland as a teen.“I was at a district meet, running the 100 [meter], 200 [meter], and the high jump,” Garland recalled.
“Oh, the goal was early on and it’s always been, ‘let’s go be an Olympic champion,’” said Garland. “I have a picture of myself in that uniform that my dad gave me and I can remember looking back at that picture and then seeing the picture of myself actually competing in a uniform at a championship meet. It was probably the most fulfilling realization I’ve had in my career to date.”
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