- Kishan Thompson units 9.77 seconds in 100m at Jamaican Olympic trials
- In simply his second season as knowledgeable sprinter he has risen to ninth place in historical past
- The 22-year-old claimed he was solely attempting nicely for about 60 metres of the race
Be careful, Usain Bolt – Kishan Thompson is coming.
The 22-year-old topped Jamaica's males's 100m Olympic trials with the ninth-fastest time in historical past – in solely his second season as knowledgeable.
Thompson clocked 9.77 seconds to change into the fourth-fastest sprinter within the Jamaican report books, though he had not raced this season till Friday.
Bolt has held the world report of 9.58 seconds for the reason that 2009 World Championships, when he was additionally 22 years previous.
Thompson's time is the quickest within the final two years and with the Paris Olympics lower than a month away, he claimed he wasn't even attempting onerous.
Kishan Thompson, 22, has change into the ninth quickest man in historical past – and he claims he didn't even strive onerous!
Will he break Usain Bolt's 100m report of 9.58 seconds? Thompson is simply in his second season
'My coach solely instructed me to run the primary 60 metres, nothing extra – to close it down after that,' he mentioned.
'If I got here second or third, I’d have made the staff. My objective tonight wasn't to show something, simply to run 70 or 60 meters and see the place I’m.'
Thompson cracked a bone in January and has suffered from 'persistent shin splints' for quite a few years.
Nevertheless, her coach, Stephen Francis, instructed TV Jamaica forward of the trials that she was not in ache.
“If he manages to keep away from this example subsequent week (trials), then I believe he shall be totally able to run within the Olympics,” Francis mentioned.
Thompson certified for the 100m on the Jamaican nationwide championships final summer time, clocking 9.91 seconds.
Shericka Jackson wins girls's 100m Jamaican Olympic trials with a time of 10.84 seconds
In the meantime, within the girls's trials, Shericka Jackson completed the race in 10.84 seconds and recovered from a poor begin to beat Tia Clayton and two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Jackson mentioned: 'Coach and I sat down and talked about what we needed to do that season, and I believe we did fairly nicely, contemplating we had solely run the 100m as soon as earlier than the nationwide trials.'
