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Humbled to be in such a great competition, especially with @rcrouser and @tomwalshsp!
From 2013 to 2017 I moved to California to work with Coach Art Venegas. He taught me how to become a World Champion, Olympic medalist, and gave me the tools I needed to succeed in the sport. He is and always will be family to me! I will always be in debt to him for showing me how to do things I only could have ever imagined.
In 2017 I made a decision to leave my California training environment and take a chance on love. I moved to Columbus Ohio to be with Ashley. I experimented with a new technique and struggled more than I ever imagined I would in the process. I doubted and questioned myself and wondered if I should still continue throwing. I was beaten down with all the external vices in our sport. I started to loose the passion for throwing, something I loved so much. In 2018, I only threw over 21 meters one time. I was struggling to get into international meets, the same ones who paid me to show up not long before. I thought it was a good run, but maybe that was a sign to move on. In the fall of 2018 I married my love @ashleykovacsusa . I saw the success she was having coaching her collegiate throwers and started to finally enjoy everything that came from the life of being a professional shot putter.
In 2019 I opened more than my heart to Ashley. I opened my ears and mind. We discussed a plan on how to try and get back on track. She keep repeating a quote from a book she read “you have to be willing to look like a pud to be a stud.” So with that said, in 2019 I spent some time looking like a “pud”.... I lost a meet to an athlete I was coaching, under 20m. I lost to a collegiate athlete, I lost every single diamond league meet I attended, and I was beaten at both indoor and outdoor USA’s.
I won the title of 2019 World Athletics Shot Put Champion with a PR of 22.91‼️ Ashley I love you! You are my north start. I never thought I would throw far again, and let alone doing it with a smile. We had our plan. Not anyone else’s system, not copying and pasting programs, our plan. Thank you and I love you!! I am here because of you.
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- Mom @joannakovacs and Larry @larryRoyer, you are the most amazing parents. From sitting in the kitchen this February discussing my 19 meter performance in an indoor meet, hugging you both today as a World Champion in Doha! You are both with me every moment for tick and thin. Love you so much!
Before anyone starts talking about Tokyo, I am going to focus on June 19th first. USA Olympic Trials will be the toughest meet yet and there is no Tokyo until we get through that one. I am
truly honored to represent the USA 🇺🇸 at the past 4 major championship and my goal is to punch that ticket to do it again next year.
Thank you all for