ROBERTS Daniel

General
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DISQUALIFICATION
He says he learned from the experience of being disqualified in the 110m hurdles heats at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. He knocked a hurdle into an opponent's lane. "It was a long season and I know that I could have been more focused at the end of the race instead of getting too relaxed. Clipping those hurdles, that wasn't necessary and that's how I got disqualified. It helped me with my focus in training and specifically hurdling over and through each hurdle, no matter how far ahead or where you are in the race. I still see it as a high point because it was my first worlds team. My dream at the beginning of the year [2019] was just to make the team, so the fact that I was in position to be on the podium, to possibly be world champion, was just mind-blowing. My dreams became a reality. People I used to watch on TV and follow on social media, now I'm lining up against them." (trackandfieldnews.com, 11 May 2020)