Athletics: Carter Lets Running Do His Talking ; Norwich Union Grand Prix: Birmingham Provides Stage for Battle Between World's Best and Britain's Finest Xavier Carter Is Athletics' Quiet Man. Brian Dick Listens Very Carefully

Birmingham Post › February 22, 2007

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Introducing the X Man. An athlete who doesn't talk very fast but who runs like the wind. Yet when Xavier Carter speaks it's as worth listening as it is watching when he competes. Every step and every syllable count.

Sat in front of a roomful of pressmen, the 21-year-old American is the very opposite of loquacious. His answers are clipped to the point of savagery and he is clearly uneasy being quizzed about his life away from the track.

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Athletics: Carter Lets Running Do His Talking ; Norwich Union Grand Prix: Birmingham Provides Stage for Battle Between World's Best and Britain's Finest Xavier Carter Is Athletics' Quiet Man. Brian Dick Listens Very Carefully

Has that life changed much since becoming the second fastest man of all time over 200 metres? "Not a great deal." Full stop. No fancy cars or big house? "No". Pregnant paus...

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