Obea Moore at the State meet 1995 4x400

As a sophomore at John Muir High School in Pasadena, California, he ran 45.14 seconds for 400, faster than any 16-year-old in world history. The following season he won the one-lap sprint at the 1996 World Junior Championships, and although his bid to become the first prep male to qualify for the Olympics since 1976 ended in the semifinals of the 1996 Trials, his destiny appeared all but assured: an Olympic gold medal. None could have predicted what was to come — injury, uncertainty, a loss of confidence, apathy — nor that Obea Moore would disappear, then attempt to battle back, alone, in relative obscurity.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.mensracing.com/athletes/interviews/obeamoore.html