Zharnel Hughes ready to rewrite history as GB’s fastest man explains mindset change

The British record holder of more than 100 m and 200 million became father in the winter and believes

Zharnel Hughes is determined to change the almost man story with the fastest sprinter of Great -Britain, hoping new dad strength can push him to the global medal he seriously desires.

The 100m and 200m national record holder last year saw his Olympic dreams of Paris crushed by a hamstring injury. But after he has welcomed a baby boy in the mid-winter, Hughes, 29, says that he now looks at life differently while seting his sights on the previous disappointments at the world championships of Spentt in Tokyo.

When the Japanese capital organized the matches for four years of August, he started False in the 100m final and had undressed a relay Silver after teammate CJ Ujah Caucht was doping.

But with the body of Hughes “feeling nice and strong” and various solid raes already under his belt in the Grand Slam series of Michael Johnson, he is in a good place early in an unusually long season.

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And the prospect to get on the same track that the lowest moment of his career has bought no sense of fear.

“It would be great to rewrite history,” he says. ” I went further from (Tokyo), it has long since disappeared, but I am looking forward to getting out of it. “

Hughes is enthusiastic about manifestation and remains a diary every day that maps out every high and low, but instead of the misery of old weight heavily on his shoulders, his experience becomes one of his strong assets.

All this season they are happing a few races where he has conquered technical problems when switching from the blocks but did not panic and ended strongly

Hughes says laughing: “I don’t want to think about” turn 30 next month, but he has acquired new wisdom.

“I have changed as a athlete,” says Hughes. “It was always my job, but now I know that I have to take care of my being.

“I look at him every day, hear him laugh and I feel that it has changed my way of thinking. Nothing else is important to me. As long as I make him happy and care and the family is good for him, I am happy.”

He knows that he will soon be leaving for a summer tour through Europe before he goes to Asia in early fall, will be difficult and they are already practical Facetime routines.

“It will not be easy, but it must be done,” he adds, and if he can bring medal home, it will all be worth it.

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