Christian Taylor, a two-time Olympic triple jump champion, plans to race the 400m throughout this season, making him one of the busiest track and field athletes in the so-called fallow year.
This is the only summer in the four-year cycle without an Olympics or a world outdoor championships.
“It kind of opened up the opportunity to try something different and just kind of recharge,” Taylor said Thursday, noting Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton‘s foray into the 400m hurdles in 2014, “looking forward to the next three years being very serious and championship-focused.”
After winning a third straight global title at 2017 Worlds, Taylor told his coach, Rana Reider, he wanted to try something different.