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Two months after world triathlon title, Verzbicas finds his calling
Yes, Verzbicas had said as he was finishing his high school career that his passion was for running, not triathlon. "I wasn't a world champion then," he explained Friday. "Everything really changed because of that. " Less than two months after arriving at Oregon for his freshman year, the 18-year-old Verzbicas decided to leave both the school and running and focus his athletic energies on making the Olympics in triathlon. Friday morning, he talked for the first time about what led to the dramatic change of plans announced Thursday, several days after Verzbicas had moved to his family's new home in Colorado Springs.
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