Toney Freeman Gives Interview To FlexonlineWritten by: Allan Donnelly
January 29th, 2008
flexonline.com
For the first half of 2007, Toney Freeman was flying high. Two wins at the Ironman Pro and the Sacramento Pro and a third-place finish at the Arnold put Freeman in the drivers seat to make a run at the top five, if not the top three, at the 07 Olympia. Unfortunately for Freeman, thats where the wheels came off, as an illness he suffered the week before the contest all but erased his chances. When it was all said and done, Freeman dropped all the way to 13th. Now, a rejunivated Freeman has his sights set on redemption in 2008, starting with the defense of his Ironman Pro title on February 16.
FLEXONLINE: HOW BIG OF A DISAPPOINTMENT WAS THE 2007 OLYMPIA?
TONEY FREEMAN: Getting sick at last minute was a huge disappointment and the aftermath of the Olympia was a huge disappointment. But when I look back on it, those things were necessary to get me where I am today. When people see me at the spring shows theyll know what Im talking about. I kind of went through a cleansing process. There was a lot of hype and what not because of how well I did in the spring, so I expected more myself than probably everybody else expected of me. I did some things different and probably 90 percent of it worked. But I fell ill the last week and wasnt able to pull it together. It Wasnt the first time I got sick the week before a show but all the other times I was able to pull it all together
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