Donovan Bailey entered a race on a whim. It led to Olympic stardom

In 1990, Donovan Bailey was doing well for himself. He was selling real estate, wearing nice suits and driving nice cars. 

But the Jamaican Canadian had a nagging desire to race taking up space in the back of his mind. So when he went to see some friends who were in town for a track competition at Etobicoke Centennial Stadium, he had an idea.

"There were a couple of guys [at the competition] that I'd competed against in high school. And I'm like, I used to beat those guys in high school … I can still beat them," said Bailey. 

He hadn't been training, he hadn't competed in years and he didn't even have the right gear. But, in a hand-written note, his friends registered him with a club and lent him what he needed to compete.

"I got on the track, ran the 100 meters, [and] won," Bailey told Matt Galloway on The Current. "It was surreal, actually,"

"I just showed up and crushed them."

Six years later, Bailey would reach his ultimate goal at the 1996 Olympic Games and set a new world record.

Bailey is telling his life story in a new memoir, Undisputed, releasing on Oct. 31.

It was that experience at the Etobicoke Centennial Stadium when Bailey realized he could have a track career. But the path had been paved long before that.� 

"There was something that was pulling me there. I was never really satisfied being in an office. I was just not that person," Bailey said. 

"Every time I watched the World Championships or the Olympics or whatever, I'm like, 'Why is that guy on the team? I used to crush him.'"

Bailey grew up in Manchester, Jamaica, the fourth of five boys. He credits his parents with giving him the confidence to take on any challenge. 

"This was a place that I saw that I definitely could do anything," said Bailey. 

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