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Competing at the Summer Olympics in 2000 was the culmination of everything Jason Gervais worked for.
The then 24-year-old Timmins native competed in men’s discus throw at the Olympics held in Sydney, Australia. He remembers walking out onto the field and seeing his family along with his uncle and grandmother at the stadium.
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“I also saw myself on the jumbotron and realized that millions of viewers all over the world were watching me,” Gervais says. “I knew I was physically ready to compete but mentally I was clearly not. I had next to no experience with that kind of mental pressure before.”