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Gordon pleased with gold, signs Nike deal

After his record breaking performance at the New York City Gotham Cup on Friday, double Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon expressed high levels of enthusiasm toward the remaining events on the 2013 US Indoor Championships calender.

Gordon sprinted to gold in the Men’s 300m in 32.48 seconds, and also shattered the meet record which previously stood at 33.21s.

Speaking after his golden performance on Friday, Gordon was delighted to record his win at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York.

“It feels good,” he said of his new Armory record. “It gives me more confidence for the season. I think I could have done a little better, but I’m pleased with the performance.”

Meanwhile, Gordon’s gold at the Gotham Cup affirms that the lanky sprinter has been coming along nicely in his winter fitness. The 400m specialist is hoping to build on this first 2013 Indoor medal and revealed that his next step is to break this country’s national 200m and 400m indoor records.

However, this will be no easy task, since Gordon would have to dip below Ato Boldon’s 20.35s in the 200m (set in 1997) and Ian Morris’ 44.21s in the 400m (set in 1992).

Meanwhile, the TT athlete recently signed a shoe deal with major athletics sponsor, Nike. On Friday in New York, Gordon joined the flagship company but admitted that this was simply him reaping the benefits of his hard work as a track and field athlete.

“It really hasn’t changed anything (in my life), I’m the same person,” Gordon said. “I’m still training and working hard.”

With the high of his first 2013 indoor medal still lingering, Gordon feels that he is closer than ever to achieving even greater things on the global athletics stage. After clocking the ninth fastest all-time 300m (32.89s) run, Gordon thinks he is closer than ever.

“It (wins) boosts me up a lot,” he said.

The race was the first collegiate meet of the season on the Armory schedule.

Gordon made huge progress in 2012, making the Olympic qualifying standard in the 400m in mid-July at the US Club Nationals in Nebraska and then running personal records in every round of the Olympic Games in London. He ran 44.52s in the finals to earn bronze and later ran on TT’s 4x400m team to claim another.

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