Ned Azemia

“I'm planning on coming back stronger, win conference, go to regionals, go to nationals, go all the way”

“I will say that it is very difficult to succeed nowadays, so I want to urge all the youths to work hard and never give up. You should always bet on yourself to succeed and in the end you will”

“I was really happy as it was not something I had expected to achieve, but it is something that showed all my hard work was worth it”

“Yes. I mean, I set this record at a young age, so now I have to always live up to it and it is quite a burden for me if I can’t get near this record again, so I will keep giving my best to continue to lower it”

“It doubles the training as for sprint you are only running and learning the techniques, but for hurdles you have to jump as well and also learn proper technique to time your jumps. So it is more demanding”

“It was very tough. I spent three years at SIT and during my first year I struggled a lot as there were many international tournaments, so in my second year I put my feet down and decided not to travel to every tournament. Then when I did travel I took my school notes with me. I actually owe a lot to my classmates at that time as they helped me a lot, by sending me notes and assignments when I was away”

“Uhm… Judo. Judo has always been the first sport that truly lifted and helped me get to where I am.”

“Well, obviously there were those that looked at me like I did not belong, but most of them were okay as all over the world there are young athletes who have achieved extraordinary things, so I managed to blend in easily”

“My inspiration came mostly during the national schools championship itself as when you see other athletes celebrating their wins, you also want to bask in that feeling. So I trained harder to get the wins. International competitions have also been a huge motivator for me as I have always wanted to get to the highest level”