For 15 years, Morgan McDonald’s career was linear. The scruffy-haired Australian dealt in fast times and eye-catching progress, until he didn’t. Landing in Latvia for the World Athletics Road Running Championships ready and raring, the Olympian recounts a slippery road back to his best.
McDonald’s track record is close to blemish free, with annual Australian tracksuits masking a luckless run with injury. In the last decade, McDonald has only missed representative teams in two years (2016 and 2022), but the 27-year-old speaks candidly about his recent injury struggles.
