From High School Star to 400m World Champion | The Michael Norman Story
Channel: The Final Leg
Date: 2022-09-12

Michael Norman has had one of the most interesting careers of any athlete currently competing. 

He finished 5th place at the 2016 Olympic trials in the 200m as a high school senior and established himself as potentially one of the greatest future sprinters in the United States. In the following years, Norman initially lived up to those expectations by winning NCAA championships and even breaking a world record.

But as quick as he rose, the track world arguably turned on him as he was unable to perform when it mattered at the biggest stage, on two consecutive occasions. This year though, we saw him win World Championship gold in the 400m, arguably living up to the expectations that the sport placed on him.