"Rocket" Ramil Guliyev 9.97 and 19.88 (World Champion 2017 over 200 meters)

Today we had a major break through. 19 year old Ramil Guliyev set two national records and became one of the fastest white sprinters in the history of track. He
ran a 10.08 and 20.42! Both times were wind legal. This is simply incredible. I can't
believe how good this kid is. Yuri told us about him a long time ago. We know have around five 19 year old stud sprinters. The future will be different. It is only a
matter of time before the magical 10 second barrier is broken. Congratulations to
Ramil on this record setting display of sprinting from the teenager! WOW!!!

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I need to see video of these two races. I'm so pumped up right now. Gotta get some sleep but this kid has me jumping up and down. Now I just can't wait for Wed. in
Ostrava! Hopefully we will see another eye popping time! Congrats Ramil Guliyev. You
are truely an inspiration!

 

He had a pony tail a few years ago at the Euro Junior Champs. He looked like a rock star. This guy is caucasian. No doubt about it. He proves that you don't have to run a 6.50 in the 60 to get near 10 seconds flat. He is also around 6'2 or 6'3 so he has
a very long stride. Tall guys are the future of sprinting in my opinion. It usually
takes the a little longer to get going but then they eat up the track and run you
down. This is the best result we have had in my opinion since Kenteris! This kid is
also very thin. Imagine with some more muscle and a better start. Now we have 3 stud
19 year old 100/200 elite guys in Guliyev, Lemaitre and Herring. The future is bright!

 

Here is the rock star just two years ago winning. Way to go Ramil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmuRTCzzfkQEdited by: white lightning

 

Another video from teh 2009 Euro Indoor Championships. Ramil is in lane 1 with Christophe Lemaitre in lane 8. Look at how tall and skinny these guys are compared to the rest of the sprinters. What a future they will both have. I'm pumped up!



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As of right now in the Top 30 European times, Ramil is number 2 in the 100 and ranked number 1 in the 200 meters. Not a bad day at all. I'm suprised at the lack of responses. I'm speachless and I can't shut up at the same time. I wonder when his next race will be. I know one thing, he was a 200 meter specialist but now he will be running both events for sure. If you ask me, all 100 guys should do 200 meters races if nothing else than for the conditioning. Not everyone is built to run the deuce but boy does it help you finish the 100 strong as can be. Maybe more coaches will take note. Guliyev, Lemaitre and Herring are doing it the right way.Edited by: white lightning

 

Great post jackynyc but please don't forget the other guy!

 

How did you ever guess? Yep. Thanks StarWars. Back on the subject of Ramil. The world junior record in the 100 is held by Darrell Brown at 10.01! Guliyev has a chance to break it. No junior has ever gone sub 10! Maybe we are about to witness history soon. I sure hope so. It would shut up alot of critics and open a few peoples eyes. What we really need is for several of our guys to break through within the next 2 - 3 years leading up to the olympics. What a day. What a sprinter. Thank you Ramil and good luck to you the rest of the summer! Go break the world junior record!

 

Not true in my opinion. I go to around 5 or 6 different track sites. All of them are talking about how the white kid almost went sub 10! They are in disbelief. Some are rooting against him, some are rooting for him. He is white and has made us all very proud today. I keep thinking I'm dreaming. These kind of results need to become the norm in the future. I want our guys to acheive success and they will!