IRON-PUMPING Daryll Neita plans to ‘Shock Da World’ as she chases a first individual global medal.
Sprinter Neita is one of SunSport’s seven SEINE-sational stars that we are following on the road to the Paris 2024 Olympics.
The Londoner has geared up for the Budapest Worlds with a deadlift of 90kg – her heaviest ever weights – in a gym in the Canary Islands.
And the tune Shock Da World by American rapper Rod Wave was blasting into her eardrums via her AirPods.
Neita, who runs in 100m heats at 11.10am, posted a video of her clean lift on Instagram and she high-fived teammates when it was done.
The 26-year-old, whose 100m PB is 10.90 seconds, said: “I’ve been attempting that weight since January.
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“We went to a recent warm-weather camp in Tenerife for 3-4 weeks.
“I’ve attempted it a couple of times this season as well and just couldn’t lift it.
“I put my headphones in, put my favourite song on, and I just said: ‘This is go time, I’m heading to these world champs in PB form. Let me start with PBs in this gym.’
“I just picked up the bar, lifted it and it just flew up.
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“In the video, you can see my reaction, it just meant so much. I screamed because I’ve been attempting that weight for so long.
“It just meant so much that I found the strength. I said to my coach, from that moment in the gym, I just feel so switched on now going into the worlds.
“I’ve been in a completely different zone after lifting that. It has just given me a lot of confidence as well to know I’m actually in PB form on and off the track.
“So, yeah, I’m heading into the championships very confident and knowing that I’m in my best ever form physically.”
Source: Athletics - thesun.co.uk
