David K. Li is a senior breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
There might be only one American who knows exactly what 16-year-old Quincy Wilson will be feeling as a youngster sprinting on the sport’s biggest stage. Wilson’s rapid ascent from Maryland prodigy to Olympic contender has tapped the memory bank of 70-year-old Esther Stroy Harper, who was just 15 when she ran the 400 meters for the U.S. in Mexico City in 1968. “Oh, yes, this has brought back big memories,” Stroy Harper told NBC News recently.
Olympic Committee, the Los Angeles Lakers, the L.A. Rams and the San Francisco Giants as past clients. “They put in the same hard work, effort and training in qualifying and making Olympics,” he said. “They made the team like anyone else.” Despite making a squad based on quantified standards, the mental hurdles faced by young athletes can be daunting.
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