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“I want him to try to sympathize with other people on the team and to remain in the college moment before he’s a coach,” she says.
“He believes he needs to be successful to fulfill his captainship, which makes him better.”
At this point I’m confused. Clay has spoken at length about “rewriting history books” with a third Olympic medal, and yet would balk at the idea that these efforts define him. But as Clay continues talking, I begin to understand where athletics...
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.
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...