Did You Know?

Published by SPIKES on November 30, 2016

In Rio he won Olympic 800m bronze, but don't hold your breath for Clayton Murphy to make his mark on the darts scene any time soon.

1. My pre-race superstition is to shower

“A couple of hours before a race, often the last thing I do before I leave for the track is to shower. It is a tradition which started from my first college cross country race and it has stuck ever since. 

“I listen to music – not sing – in the shower. I like to listen to hip-hop, rap, rock, pop – a range of music. Still, although it has become my thing, the one time I didn’t shower – because I went to the grocery store to grab something – ahead of the Texas Relays in March, it made no difference to how I performed because I won over 800m and beat Leo Manzano.”