“The fastest man in the UK this year and he’s not even going to the Olympics.”<\/p>\n
That was the line belted out by the commentator as Joel Fearon stunned onlookers by running the 100m in under 10 seconds – breaking one of the most revered barriers in sport.<\/p>\n
Frustratingly, the performance came just after the cut-off date to qualify for Team GB at Rio 2016.<\/p>\n
A decade on, the 37-year-old is at his third Winter Olympics, but his first for Jamaica’s bobsleigh team, who he came out of retirement for last year.<\/p>\n
He remembers that day in 2016 as one that changed his life.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know if I ever believed that I could do something like that,” he told BBC Local Radio.<\/p>\n
“It was surreal for a long time because I wasn’t one of the British superstar sprinters.<\/p>\n
“But there I was, running sub-10, number one in the country and I remember thinking anything can happen.”<\/p>\n
Only four British men have ever run faster on UK soil than his time of 9.96 seconds to win the England Athletics Championships in Bedford that day.<\/p>\n
Running fast was just one piece of the jigsaw for Coventry-born Fearon, as he was trying to make ends meet, juggling between work and bobsleigh training.<\/p>\n
“I’ve done all sorts of jobs, at one point, I was a pizza delivery man,” he recalled.<\/p>\n
“I would run Diamond Leagues in the daytime. In the evening, I’m off delivering my local pizzas, just whatever needed to be done.”<\/p>\n
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