 
I’m going to get a doctorate in four years, says Jehue Gordon on the day before he leaves Trinidad and Tobago to head to England for the Olympic Games. But one thing at a time. For now, his head is focused on the immediate goal. Gold.
So what is his state of mind?
“I feel very relaxed, not too excited, more looking forward to practice now, more than ever,” he says.
“We are going to be training twice a day, and as London gets closer, about two weeks before my event,” he says, “it will come down to once.” As he heads off to the training camp in Cardiff, Wales, he says his confidence is at “100 per cent.”
“I’m not concentrating on time, because this is the Olympic Games, once you win gold, time is not so important.”
“To me, going is a dream come true because every athlete dreams to go to the biggest stage. In football it is the World Cup, as a track and field athlete, the Olympic Games is the starlight show and it can only mean good things to come."
Jehue, who has just completed the second year of his Sports Management degree at The UWI, was at the St. Augustine Campus where Principal Professor Clement Sankat offered UWI’s best wishes and a token of support.
Don’t wish me luck, he warned, that suggests that this thing is about chance, like Play Whe; this is about preparation and putting out your best.
And he certainly does that.
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