Sam Effah is a mentor in the Classroom Champions program that brings elite athletes together with students to encourage them to dream big and overcome adversity. Ian Duffy reports.

This summer fans across the country tuned into CTV to watch their favourite pairs compete for the title of The Amazing Race Canada. One of the most popular teams was comprised of two Canadian track stars: Olympic 400m hurdler Sarah Wells and 2-time Canadian 100m champion Sam Effah.

The two-time Canadian 100m champion speaks with passion, pride and perseverance as he tells his story of how he battled through the face of adversity to get to where he is now – on the track to his first Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

Some 2 million viewers tuned in to Season 7 of The Amazing Race Canada this past summer to watch the usual hiking and biking, blistering and bonking that takes place before some lucky team walks off with the $250,000 purse

Athleticism, self motivation and sheer grit is what keeps athlete Sam Effah on track to the podium at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.