Long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo will be trained by one of the greatest athletes in sports history – the nine-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion Carl Lewis. That said the 26-year-old from the LG Kurpfalz “Bild am Sonntag”. The active athlete Mihambo and the former world-class athlete Lewis met a few weeks ago at an online appointment. In August Mihambo plans to move to Houston, Texas.
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“He is the athlete of the century. When I was following the long jump history, I saw that he was also a good sprinter. I admire so far on two sprint routes, the relay, in the long jump,” said Mihambo and named their goals for working with 58-year-old Lewis.
“I want to develop myself as an athlete and as a person. This is possible in this environment. Carl Lewis and Leroy Burrell, who will become my sprint trainer, have been at the top of the world for years. I can learn a lot from them because they follow the same path have gone, “she said.
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The first talks with Lewis were “very inspiring”. “The 16 years in the familiar environment have brought me to where I am now. I am very grateful for that, but at some point it will be time for something new,” said Germany’s “Athlete of the Year”. You have the feeling that “now is the right time for such a big step”.
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Mihambo is not the first German world-class athlete to take this pioneering step. Medium-distance ace Konstanze Klosterhalfen, top sprinter Gina Lückenkemper and European obstacle champion Gesa Krause also train in the USA.
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