Athletics Australia – News – Denny chooses the right road

Young Australian throwing sensation Matthew Denny has told the IAAF website that he chose athletics over a team sport like rugby because it allowed him to have control over his own destiny.

Denny, who recently won six events at the Australian junior championships (a unique treble of Discus, Hammer and Shot Put titles at both youth and junior levels) said he chose athletics for a specific reason.

“The thing I like about individual sport is that whereas with footy (rugby) the result can be affected by just one person in the team not putting in and giving 100 percent, in an individual sport what you put in is more or less exactly what you get out.”

Denny told the IAAF he had the Olympic Games in his sights.

“My ambition has always been to go to an Olympic Games,” said Denny. “To be a great thrower, put my name in the history books.

“I enjoy sport. I love pushing myself. Being an Olympian, being able to say you’re an Olympian; being an Olympic medallist, which is my highest goal; if you’re able to say that, you’re one of the few who has done it.”

Click here to read the full interview.

 Athletics Australia – News