Before the Olympic Opening Ceremony last week, we drew attention to some Fort Worth Olympians representing Team USA — but we’ve got another hometown hero representing Grenada, a small island nation in the Caribbean. Meet decathlete Lindon Victor.
Victor, who lives and trains in Cowtown, is competing in his third Olympics in Paris. While he hasn’t won an Olympic medal yet, he won decathlon gold in the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games. He also won two titles when he was a student-athlete at Texas A&M.
Victor found himself in Fort Worth because he wanted to train with Chris Huffins, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. In preparation for Paris, the pair trained six to eight hours a day — including periodically outside at Fort Worth Botanic Garden in the summer months — for Victor’s quest to complete four races + three jumping and three throwing events.
The decathlon events begin on Friday, Aug. 2 and all 10 events will be concluded by Saturday, Aug. 3.
