KAWASAKI ¨C Justin Gatlin and other top international athletes insist that playing different sports helps develop track and field athletes¡¯ potential.
Not that they directed their words to Japanese athletes, but maybe their suggestions should seriously be considered in order to elevate the nation¡¯s track and field level going forward.
Gatlin, the silver medalist in the men¡¯s 100-meter dash at last year¡¯s IAAF World Championships in Beijing, said that he played baseball and football, among other sports, growing up, joking that the former was ¡°too slow¡± and the latter was ¡°too violent.¡±
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