'I hugged my dad so hard I broke his rib' - Nick Percy on discus dream at Paris 2024.
He threw a discus 67.73 metres in April: a Scottish record, Olympic standard and the second best-ever by a British athlete.“I can tell you I burst into tears straight away,” said Percy. “I was fortunate to have my dad there and I am being honest when I say I squeezed him so hard, I broke one of his ribs.
The tiny rural town of Ramona, Oakland, with a population of just a few hundred people, is now the place to be if you are a thrower – specifically Millican Field and Seal Throwing Club. Percy has faced some social media pushback on the manufactured nature of the facility but he passionately believes in Millican and Seal’s project.
“I have absolutely loved coaching,” said Percy, who is now working at his own school in the town of Ryde. “Even if I were to stop throwing, I would still be coaching. He already has the grade A standard for Paris 2024 and needs to finish in the top two at the Olympic Trials in Manchester on the last weekend of June to rubber-stamp his selection.
“I want Lawrence to be there, I want him to have the standard and if anyone else gets the standard, I want them to be there too. It would be lovely if we could have three throwers go to the Olympics – the last time we did that was London 2012.” “That extra bit of experience, the body is changing, getting a little bit better. You learn not just how to be an athlete but a person.”
Percy believes it is the responsibility of individual athletes, not just UK Athletics, to drive standards across disciplines in a similar way to other nations. “My mantra is: be boring,” Percy explained. “You can’t go into training saying, ‘I’ve got to change this.’ No – you know what caused good results and what you have to do to get a big performance out of yourself.
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