I have to count myself among those who often hear about a track and field performance here, a medal (not gold) won there or a personal best achieved somewhere else and still it fails to register how much effort and dedication is required to remain consistently among the best in the world in a chosen field of endeavour for five or more years.

“I’ll like to encourage people to support the sport more,” the World Athletics Indoor Championship men’s 400 metres gold medallist told the Express, “from the local level all the way to the top. We have a lot of talented athletes in Trinidad and Tobago and most people don’t know who they are until they win something. So please support and pay attention to local sport.”