Success breeds success and that's what Jereem the Drream Richards is hoping his and Keshorn Walcott's victory will achieve...
The 400m silver medalist says he's hopeful more young people are inpsired by the success and come into the sport...while the sprinter also reflected on his performance in yesterday's final...
00:00Yesterday's double medal strike in Tokyo was the fourth time Trinidad and Tobago has taken home two medals or more at the World Championships.
00:08Bowling 2009 saw us bringing home three medals, but Tokyo 2025 is the most successful with gold and silver in the bag,
00:17taking TNT's all-time World Championships medal hall to 17.
00:21And considering this country's success at the Games, Jereem Richards is hopeful it can inspire more success in the future.
00:28It's big medals. It's another time that Trinidad and Tobago are showing track and field is our number one sport.
00:36And it is the sport that continues to bring great recognition to our country.
00:41So I hope more people get involved in the sport, see how great it is, see how much talent we have.
00:47And hopefully this is momentum that grows our sport going forward.
00:52Richard is very happy with his silver medal and personal best, but forced to consider said what he could have done differently.
00:59It's hard to change because it was our first, not best.
01:02National record, everything, yeah.
01:03Yeah, so if I would say what I could change, maybe be a little bit more aggressive first 200 meters,
01:10then so being a little bit more aggressive the 300, maybe would have put me in closer proximity to gold.
01:19But all in all, I can't be mad at that execution. I think it's fastest time out of lane two.
01:25It's my second World Championship outdoor medal since 2017.
01:30So I'm just grateful to God for this medal.
01:33As for his transition from a 200 to 400 runner, Richard spoke on what was required to make his transformation a success.
01:40I'm more of a speed runner than a strength runner.
01:43So having to take time to build strength, something outside of what I'm naturally gifted with was probably the most difficult part.
01:50And even to this day, like some of the workouts, Coach Brahman will give me like those difficult workouts.
01:55And I don't look forward to them, but I keep telling myself that these workouts are going to help me in the long run.
02:01So, you know, sometimes in practice, there are certain things that you're just not good at, but those are the things that we need to focus on so that we become a better athlete.
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