Interview with Gail Devers, 12-time Olympic and World Championship Gold Medalist in the 100m & 100mH
Channel: The Final Leg
Date: 2022-08-09

3-time Olympic Gold medalist and 9-time World Champion Gail Devers joins us for a brief conversation durring the 2022 World Championships.

Gail Devers is just the 2nd woman and 3rd person, man or woman, to ever win back to back 100m titles at the Olympic Games. She also won multiple World Championship golds at 100m Hurdles, 100m and 60m hurdles, including a 100/100mh double at the 1993 World Championships.

In our conversation, we dive into her foray into commentating, working with athletes to tell thier stories and highlight their lives we dont see off the track as well her history dealing with injuries and graves disease. She shares her experience of being ready to quit the sport all together, as well as the support system she had around her throughout her career.

Gail also shares her Role models and the people she looked up to, including Wilma Rudolph and Wyomia Tyus.

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