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Baldwin native races to Paris Chris Borzor will compete in Paris Olympics, 100 meters event on Saturday peting at the Summer Games. “The past couple of months, though I knew I was going to Chris Borzor, 25 of North the Olympics, I’ve been calm Baldwin, never sought the about it,” he said. “But the closawards, the records or the spot- er I get to the date, it’s like, OK, light that came with his suc- it really is coming true.” Borzor’s interest in running cess as a track athlete. His sole can be traced back to the fifth focus was to “just run.” “I’m just running for fun,” grade, when he watched his older cousin JonaBorzor said last than Prevost comweek, before pete in track at departing for the Holy Trinity High Olympics in Paris, School in Hickswhere he will repreville. Prevost evens e n t h i s n a t iv e tually signed his Haiti in the 100younger cousin up meter dash on Satfor the sport in a urday. “I don’t realsummer league in ly think about that Baldwin. in my head,” he CHRIS BoRZoR “I was just runadded of t h e Baldwin Olympian ning to run,” Borrecords and awards. zor recalled. “I “Like, ‘Oh, I got to break this record.’ I just step on didn’t really know anything the track, run, and have fun about it. I didn’t really start falling in love with it until I got with it.” Borzor, whose family came to high school.” Though he lived in Baldwin, to the United States when he was six, gained prominence for he attended Uniondale High, his sprinting at Uniondale High and was a member of the class School and then at the Univer- of 2018. There he excelled in sity of Cincinnati and the Uni- the 100 as well as the 200- and versity of Southern California, 400-meter dashes and the long ultimately earning the opportu- jump. As a senior, he finished nity to represent his homeland fifth in both the 100 and 200 at on the world stage as a member the New York State Public High of the Haitian track team com-
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Showcasing their arts and crafts The Baldwin Civic Association hosted an Arts and Crafts Festival on July 20, highlighting local entrepreneurs. Story, additional photos, Page 10.
’m going to go out there and do my best for my country.
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