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A White South African won the silver medal at the juniors. Jamiacan Dexter Lee won the gold. Lee has a natural slim look to him. I wonder what transformation Lee will have in the years to come....
Here is the IAAF story...
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
World Youth champion Lee upsets older sprinters and secures World junior title
Dexter Lee of Jamaica wins the 100m final (Getty Images)
Dexter Lee of Jamaica wins the 100m final (Getty Images)
The latest battle in the "war of the sprints" between the top two nations was again won by Jamaica as Dexter Lee took victory in the men's 100m.
Last year Lee won the World Youth title, and here he upset the form book with a victory by 0.02 seconds in a time of 10.40. South Africa's Wilhem van der Vyver was second, with American Terrell Wilks, who was quickest in the semi-finals, winning bronze with 10.45.
Coming into the event, Lee was outside the 2008 top-10 rankings, which included five Americans. The smart money was on Wilks, Van Der Vyver or the other Jamaican, Yohan Blake, the bronze medallist two years ago.
However, by holding off a late charge from the South African, Lee helped continue the Jamaican dominance of the world sprint scene. Jamaica's Usain Bolt took the World record of compatriot Asafa Powell earlier this year and then the tiny Caribbean nation outdid the Americans with their respective times at their Olympic trials.
"It feels good to get one over on the Americans," said Lee, whose idol is Powell and who was introduced to sprinting by his older brother, also a sprinter. He was not short of confidence either. "I knew I could win this race, I'm not too surprised," he said.
"It's been my goal to be World junior champion and now my next big goal is to make the Olympic team one day," he added.
Lee's time was the slowest winning clocking in any of the 12 editions of these championships. But Lee said after running into a wind of 0.8m/s on a cool night: "The conditions were very poor, that's why the winning time was slow."
Van Der Vyver, who came into the race with a PB of 10.30, set at altitude, said: "My start was better than expected and after that everything came together well."
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Wednesday, 09 July 2008
World Youth champion Lee upsets older sprinters and secures World junior title
Dexter Lee of Jamaica wins the 100m final (Getty Images)
Dexter Lee of Jamaica wins the 100m final (Getty Images)
The latest battle in the "war of the sprints" between the top two nations was again won by Jamaica as Dexter Lee took victory in the men's 100m.
Last year Lee won the World Youth title, and here he upset the form book with a victory by 0.02 seconds in a time of 10.40. South Africa's Wilhem van der Vyver was second, with American Terrell Wilks, who was quickest in the semi-finals, winning bronze with 10.45.
Coming into the event, Lee was outside the 2008 top-10 rankings, which included five Americans. The smart money was on Wilks, Van Der Vyver or the other Jamaican, Yohan Blake, the bronze medallist two years ago.
However, by holding off a late charge from the South African, Lee helped continue the Jamaican dominance of the world sprint scene. Jamaica's Usain Bolt took the World record of compatriot Asafa Powell earlier this year and then the tiny Caribbean nation outdid the Americans with their respective times at their Olympic trials.
"It feels good to get one over on the Americans," said Lee, whose idol is Powell and who was introduced to sprinting by his older brother, also a sprinter. He was not short of confidence either. "I knew I could win this race, I'm not too surprised," he said.
"It's been my goal to be World junior champion and now my next big goal is to make the Olympic team one day," he added.
Lee's time was the slowest winning clocking in any of the 12 editions of these championships. But Lee said after running into a wind of 0.8m/s on a cool night: "The conditions were very poor, that's why the winning time was slow."
Van Der Vyver, who came into the race with a PB of 10.30, set at altitude, said: "My start was better than expected and after that everything came together well."