Word: clay
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Rather than let track take over his life, Clay lets his life take over the track...
Suddenly, “who” Bryan Clay is becomes clearer. Despite the personal glory that accompanies a highly individual sport and superfluous titles, it is the ability to balance everything important to him that keeps the decathlete working...
...course, Clay realizes that even world-class track and field athletes don’t make enough to lounge around, and it is not difficult to guess what will happen, whether or not he earns his third trip to the Olympic podium...
...When this all ends, I’m still going to have to go out and get a job and figure out what I’m going to do with my life,” Clay laughs...
...Clay finished fourth. Not even on the medal stand. The competition’s standout athlete failed to clear a height in that fateful pole vault, forcing him to concede 804 points to eventual winner Maurice Smith—a blow magnified by Clay’s 785-point loss...