EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sprinter LaShawn Merritt has won a pair of Olympic gold medals and might take home a few more before his career is over.
He's been expelled from his sport for more than a year, too.
The man who has seen both the pinnacle and the bottom is working on his next chapter on the track — but also thinking ahead. Merritt, who turned 30 last Monday, owns a trucking business, a daycare and is working on starting up a counseling center in his hardscrabble hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia.
"I'm not someone trying to reinvent the wheel," said the sprinter, who tries to secure his Olympic spot in the 400 meters Sunday.