Montreal, Canada – As he took his place at the starting line, sprinter Tamarri Lindo felt his knees begin to wobble.
In seconds, a pistol would fire, signalling to the eight competitors that the race was on — that it was time to jolt forward and dash across the 110-metre track.
Lindo could feel the rubber-coated turf beneath his feet, pushing against the thin fabric of his cleats as he approached the starting block at lane six.
Before him stood 10 hurdles: metal frames spaced evenly across the track. If he could leap over each one — and do it quickly — he stood a chance of joining Canada’s Olympic track and field team. If not, his Olympic dreams would be over for the year.
But there was a bigger obstacle weighing on Lindo’s mind.
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