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In Pictures : 16-year-old Quincy Wilson meets Lamar Jackson and hometown team, Baltimore Ravens as he showcases his Paris Olympics gold medal
Olympic champion Quincy Wilson recently visited the team of Baltimore Ravens alongside triple jump champion Thea LaFond from the island nation Dominica. The meeting and its photos are now gaining buzz on social media.
Wilson and LaFond visited the team during their practice session for the upcoming game against the Buffalo Bills, which shall be held on Sunday, September 29. Baltimore Ravens acknowledged their presence with an Instagram post, which was captioned as:
"Honored to have two of our Maryland gold medalists at practice."
While Quincy Wilson hails from Maryland, Thea LaFond is a student at the University of Maryland. In the first photo, Wilson is seen posing with quarterback Lamar Jackson.
The next photograph shows Wilson alongside LaFond and players like Justin Tucker, Zay Flowers, and Marlon Humphrey. LaFond had a small fracture in her cartilage, for which she is currently undergoing treatment.
The next slide is a video of Quincy Wilson showing off his medal to the team members of the Baltimore Ravens. The 16-year-old athlete also did fist pumps with the members of the Ravens, wishing them luck for their upcoming game against the Buffalo Bills.
Baltimore Ravens is also Quincy Wilson's favorite team. After his heroics at the US Olympic Trials, Wilson claims to have gotten a follow-back from former Baltimore Ravens legend Jay Lewis.
Quincy Wilson's incredible skills as a football player
Quincy Wilson is not just a gifted athlete, but also an incredible football player. Only days after the Paris Olympics, a video was posted by the Instagram handle of NFL, which went viral on social media.
In that video, Wilson had taken the football from a rival player during a school football match and ran to the touchdown line, his 40-yard dash capturing everyone's attention.
The post was captioned as:
"That Olympic track speed on the gridiron!"
Football has been Quincy Wilson's first love. He credits his early football days for polishing his sprinting career. In his interview with The Baltimore Sun, Wilson said:
"I also played football. I was usually the fastest on my team. We’d go play different teams in the area and when they would need me on third down I would get the ball. They’d be like, ‘Go get us a touchdown! Go get us a touchdown!’.”
Seeing his innate talent for sprinting, Wilson's parents sought the services of Bullis School's track and field coach Joe Lee, who transformed Quincy Wilson into a champion sprinter.
The 16-year-old athlete had stormed into the limelight for breaking the under-18 world record twice at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Despite failing to finish in the top three in the finals of the 400m event, Wilson's efforts didn't go unsung, and he was selected for the men's 4x400m relay team, which eventually won the Olympic gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
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