WASHINGTON — For an Olympic champion who’s spent the year checking goals off his list and making U.S. track and field history, Matthew Centrowitz doesn’t shy away from thinking about his future.
Four years, eight years.
Centrowitz, 27, isn’t afraid to say he plans to stick around for the next two Olympics — maybe racing in the 5,000 or 10,000 meters and “hopefully not the marathon.”
In Rio this summer, he became the first American man since 1908 to capture Olympic gold in the 1,500, capping a dream season. On Dec. 3 he will accept an award in Orlando as the Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year from USA Track and Field.