Weini Kelati Reflects On Winning An Epic 10,000m Final To Qualify For Her First Olympic Team
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“Every time I felt like I was going to fall off, I said, ‘No, I’m not going to let it happen. Mentally I am way stronger than this…’ I talked to myself in the last minute. I said, ‘No. I am mentally struggling, this is not hard. I’ve been running a lot faster than this during practice, so I can do this.’ That helped me to come back again.”
2x U.S. champion Weini Kelati joins us live in Eugene after winning the Olympic Trials 10,000m and qualifying for her first Olympic team. Weini shares about why she went all-in on the 10,000m at the Trials, how she fine-tuned her training to prepare for the 10,000m, what she tells herself during the toughest parts of races, what it means to her to represent the U.S. at the Olympics, and what message she hopes to impart to the millions of people who will be watching her compete at the Olympics. Hear more from Weini and her path to the Paris Olympics in this episode of the CITIUS MAG Podcast.
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Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez on Instagram + Mitch Dyer | @metchosketch on Instagram
Guest: Weini Kelati | @weini_kelati on Instagram
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We love Weini! We are cheering for you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🇪🇷🐫✊🏾👩🏽
Thank you so much Chavez and Co. for editing these interviews down to individual segments.🎉 You all are crushing it 🎉
Props for such an in-depth, post race. What I got from her interview is her support system is so strong and Mission Dark Sky? and Kelati work well together. They've together built upon a strong foundation and equipped Kelati with a toolkit of strategies she's not hesitant to access when it suits the situation. She's really grown into a strong minded tactician and I can't wait to see how her Olympics journey continues.
Weini Kelati was born in a small village in Eritrea. She sought asylum in the U.S. and became a citizen three years ago. Now, she's representing the U.S. at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Growing up, Kelati said, kids in her village had to walk four to five hours to get to school every day - or to run, if they were tardy. When she ran at school, though, she uncovered a hidden talent, outrunning her classmates and even older kids. She stayed in the U.S. after her skills took her to the World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, 10 years ago, and Kelati finally cemented her Olympic dreams with a first place finish at team trials in June. "I just want to race hard and have the best results in my life," she said. "I wanted to be one of the runners that I used to watch in TV, you know?"
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