Few athletes will clinch Rio Olympic berths quite like U.S. race walker John Nunn.
“Last night I was in a fetal position, crying,” Nunn said Sunday, according to TeamUSA.org.
Nunn, 38, emerged from the flu state the next morning and endured 31 miles of race walking at 7:49/mile pace, making his third Olympic team in Santee, Calif., on Sunday. Temperatures reportedly reached the 70s.
The staff sergeant in the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete program qualified for the longest event on the Olympic track and field program, crossing the U.S. Olympic trials finish line in 4 hours, 3 minutes, 21 seconds.