From Fairfield High School track star to Olympian: Luis Grijalva s bumpy road to Tokyo
Grijalva had faced deportation if he traveled out of the U.S. Share Updated: 8:09 PM PDT Aug 3, 2021
Grijalva had faced deportation if he traveled out of the U.S. Share Updated: 8:09 PM PDT Aug 3, 2021
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Show Transcript OR F LUIS, THE RACE BEGAN WELL BEFORE HE HIT THIS TRACK. WITH COACHES. HE WAS A RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED RUNNER. DEFINITELY THAT FIRST YR,EA WE DID NOT KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE QUITE THAT GOOD. RMMOOATES. WE KNOW HOW HARD HE HAS WORKED AND WE ARE PROUD OF HIM. FRIENDS ARE CHEERING HIM ON. HE WAS JUST RUNNING AND WINNING. HE BECAME THE FIRST ATGUEMALAN TO MAKE IT TO AN OLYMPIC FINAL TUESDAY MORNING. BEFORE HE BECAME AN OLYMPIAN, HE WAS A STUDENT HEER WHO HAD BIG DREAMS AND THEAL TENT TO BACK IT UP. BUT HIS PATH TO TOKYO HAD ITS OBSTACLES. I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE HARD WITH ALL OF THESE POLITICS GOING ON. ERIC SAYS LS