The Warm Up Track 2024: Kyron McMaster OBE - Life’s Hurdles

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World 400 Hurdles silver medallist, Kyron McMaster, describes in detail losing his coach in 2017.

Xavier Samuels was killed when Hurricane Irma hit The British Virgin Islands and McMaster believes that, together, they would have broken the world record.

The twice and reigning Commonwealth champion describes how coach Samuels’ words and methods have continued to shape the athlete he’s become in the years since, and explains why the world record and Olympic gold medal can still be his.

He also discusses how different his career might have been if he’d chosen to represent Great Britain, instead of the British Virgin Islands.

There’s also a visit to see King Charles to be planned to collect his OBE. He might even celebrate by buying a new PlayStation, or maybe he’ll keep the old one a while longer, even if it does sound like a fridge or a boat engine. Plus, the benefits of listening to some Beethoven are all on the agenda.

Photo: Kyron McMaster of Team British Virgin Islands celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men's 400m Hurdles Final on day nine of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium on August 06, 2022 on the Birmingham, England. (Credit: Getty Images)