Yes, he’s chill. Yes, he has fun racing, no matter the outcome. But his coach says there’s a killer in there.
The U.S. 1500-meter champion, Yared Nuguse, has a lot more time on his hands than he ever did when he was at Notre Dame, majoring in biochemistry.
Now that he’s a pro with the On Athletics Club in Boulder, Colorado, his training load is heavier than it was during his college days. But most afternoons are open for naps, reading , and video games.“A year ago, I never watched any track, and I never really cared and yada yada yada,” he said, employing a Seinfeld-inspired verbal shortcut that doubles as a way to deflect attention.. And not just distance events, but the others, too, so he can learn the contenders.
walked by. Nuguse turned to his new OAC teammates and remarked, “That guy looks so familiar. Do you know who he is?”Although his teammates were agog at Nuguse’s inexperience, it fits with his progression through the sport. As a high school freshman in Louisville, Kentucky, Nuguse was on the bowling team. During gym class, he had to run a two-lap loop, totaling a mile, around the University of Louisville campus. He could cover the distance in 5:30 off of no training, and, he said, beat his classmates into line at McDonald’s for lunch.“My PE teacher tells the track coach, ‘There’s this kid, you should talk to him,’ yada yada,” Nuguse said.
His coach, three-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein, said that, despite the demeanor, Nuguse still wants to win. “Yared is the most chill person you could imagine, it’s not a facade, but he’s a killer on the track,” Ritzenhein said. “He cares deeply.”Nuguse sustained an injury at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, and he couldn’t race. He had an injury at the end of his 2022 collegiate season that kept him out of the NCAAs, and although he was recovered for the U.S.
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