Park City winter athlete ran in Tokyo’s summer Olympic Games

Utah Olympic Park bobsled/skeleton/luge track Photo: Michele Roepke

TOKYO, Japan. — Nathan Ikon Crumpton wanted to be an Olympian, check. Not putting a specification of winter or summer Olympian helped him achieve that dream on Saturday in the Tokyo 2020 Games. Representing American-Samoa in the 100-meter sprint was different in some ways from his initial dream of representing the United States in skeleton but not too different. 

Crumpton spent years living in Park City and training at the Utah Olympic Park. 

Notice in the graph below of his heat, Crumpton’s Reaction Time. Reaction Time by a skeleton athlete sprinting down an icy tack is key to the entire race. Crumpton’s talent for that initial sprint off the blocks was evident in the broken-down result stats. Unfortunately for him though, it’s the final result time that counts in both skeleton and athletics and he wasn’t able to qualify (Q) to run in the finals of the 100-meter sprint in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

Achieving a personal best (PB) on the world’s stage is not an easy task but Nathan Crump has proven to his friends, family and fans all over the world, including Park City, that he was up to the task.

Race Results

Rank	Lane	Bib Number	Name		Reaction Time	Result
1	7	4020	ZIM MAKUSHA Ngoni		0.150	10.32			Q
2	8	3600	TOG DABLA Fabrice		0.168	10.57			Q
3	6	2986	NCA ROMERO Yeykell Eliuth		0.149	10.62			Q
4	1	2922	MDV SAAID Hassan		0.159	10.70		SB
5	3	1227	BIZ GILL Shaun		0.143	10.88
6	9	1382	CAM PEN Sokong		0.139	11.02		SB
7	4	1002	AFG NOOR ZAHI Sha Mahmood		0.198	11.04		PB
8	5	2810	KIR MWEA Lataisi		0.146	11.25
9	2	1039	ASA CRUMPTON Nathan		0.150	11.27		PB

Known more for sending weightlifting athletes than track and field, to the Games, American-Samoa has yet to get a medal at any Olympic Games.