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          Assisted by community coaches, he learned the discipline of focused practice..

          T&T's Olympic gold medal hero of the Montreal Games in Canada, Hasely Crawford, has now been made into a comic book hero.

        1. We feature Hasely Crawford, the first athlete from Trinidad and Tobago to win an Olympic gold medal.
        2. Assisted by community coaches, he learned the discipline of focused practice.
        3. Outstanding sprinter on the EMU men's track team from Won the meter dash at the NCAA outdoor Championships.
        4. TT's first Olympic gold medallist Hasely Crawford's legacy has been immortalised in a comic book titled A Runner's Life – Lessons from an Olympian.

          5. Hasely Crawford

          Trinidadian sprinter

          Hasely Joachim CrawfordTC, OLY (born 16 August 1950) is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first Olympic champion.[1]Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain, was renamed in his honour in 2001.

          Early years

          Crawford was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, one of the eleven children of Lionel Crawford and Phyllis Holder, and began pursuing athletics at the age of 17. He is a six-time Trinidad and Tobago 100 metres champion, and won the 200 metre title in 1976.

          T&T's first Olympic gold medalist Hasely Crawford, whose name was immortalized by the City of San Fernando yesterday.

          He debuted internationally in 1970, winning a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the Commonwealth Games. Only two years later, he surprisingly qualified for the 100 metres final of the Olympics in Munich, but pulled his hamstring after 20 metres and failed to finish.

          Athletic career

          Crawford ran for Eastern Michigan University under coach Bob Parks during his college years. He was the runner up at the