{"id":235711,"date":"2022-08-31T06:56:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T04:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=120587"},"modified":"2022-08-31T06:56:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T04:56:48","slug":"diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond League champ fired up for another year in the fast lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_120588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-120588\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=120588\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-120588 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-120588 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane.jpg\" alt width=\"213\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-120588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After suffering an injury in August, Gqeberha and Madibaz sprinter Luxolo Adams is now focused on next year as he builds towards another assault on world athletics. Photo: Full Stop communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gqeberha sprinter Luxolo Adams is determined to build on his achievements of 2022 as he begins to plan his programme for the world athletics circuit next year.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old, who is a member of the Madibaz Athletics Club, reached new heights in June when he lit up the track in the Paris Diamond League meeting with a career-best 19.82 seconds in the 200m to lift the title.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second fastest any South African has been over that distance \u2013 just short of Clarence Munyai\u2019s record of 19.69.<\/p>\n<p>That was the prelude to him achieving his season\u2019s goal of making the final of the half-lapper at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Oregon. He was then sidelined by a groin injury and not able to take to the track at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a huge disappointment for me,\u201d said Adams. \u201cAfter all the racing I had done, we decided to call the season off and to begin the process of building towards 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His plans, he added, were to absorb the lessons learnt this year and to keep working on small improvements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirstly, this has been the most fruitful season for me since 2018 and I thank God and my support system for that,\u201d said Adams, who is coached by Gerrie Posthumus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the big things I discovered is that I needed to find a working pattern or programme that was tailormade for me. We did exactly that this year and we are continuing on that path now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscipline is one of the big attributes you need to be able to succeed in athletics and having the right people at the right times to keep pushing you, even when you feel emotionally exhausted, is important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, this year was an opportunity to gain experience in how to manage the pressure in the big events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a case of going back to basics as he began preparations for next season, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are basically starting from scratch with doing some work in the off-season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year we made some changes in our approach by doing fewer longer runs and concentrating more on short sprints, which meant doing more 100m distances to get that speed up for the 200m event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams added that his achievements this year were the catalyst for him to keep improving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy small and big wins have given me a lot of motivation to keep working hard so that one day I\u2019ll make it to the podium and raise the SA flag,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor next year we will again be looking to compete in the Diamond League meetings and then also focus on the world championships in Budapest in August.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">131<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/diamond-league-champ-fired-up-for-another-year-in-the-fast-lane\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. After suffering an injury in August, Gqeberha and Madibaz sprinter Luxolo Adams is now focused on next year as he builds towards another assault on world athletics. 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