{"id":145951,"date":"2025-08-28T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=145951"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:18:19","slug":"after-4-years-of-injury-justyn-knight-is-healthy-fit-and-still-chasing-the-same-big-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/shakeout-podcast\/after-4-years-of-injury-justyn-knight-is-healthy-fit-and-still-chasing-the-same-big-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"After years of injury, Justyn Knight is healthy, fit and still chasing big goals"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on The<\/em> Shakeout Podcast, <\/i>we’re joined by Justyn Knight\u2013<\/strong>Olympic finalist, multi-time NCAA Division I national champion and the second fastest man in Canadian history over 5,000m.<\/p>\n

After a devastating injury sustained at the 5,000m final at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 kept Knight off the track for nearly four years, he’s back competing against the world’s best in 2025. Fresh off a podium performance at the Canadian championships and a 13:03 clocking in the 5K just days ago in Europe, Knight joins the show to talk about the long road back.<\/p>\n

Following years of injury and a move across the continent to train alongside Canadian record holder Moh Ahmed <\/strong>as part of the Oregon-based Nike Swoosh Track Club<\/i>, the Toronto-born Knight is still chasing the same lofty goals as ever, but further strengthened by a new perspective formed in the trials of the past several years.<\/p>\n

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