sprintstar
Master
Jackson of the USA gets away with a blatant false start to advance to the semis of the girls 100m at the World U20 champs
Unfortunately, the young Asians finish out of the medals in 4th, 5th, and 6th - 10.12, 10.14, and 10.24 - Boonson, Fahmi, and Yanagita.
Yes. The Asian tigers will be back. Purple had a terrible start yet still ran a 10.12. Asians have passed up the Caucasians in the 100 meters. There are more sub 10 Asians than there are Caucasians, and their fastest time is faster than our fastest time. But, as White Lightning said, this can be a good thing because it shows it can be done.
I'm happily surprised to report that Rohan Browning ran 10.10 (0.9w) in the heats of the Commonwealth Games.
Stoked to see Browning back in fine form. I know it's only the opening heats but that is his best race of the year. He ran very loose and relaxed. I think mastermulti and his wife are at the games as spectators. Jake Doran made it to the semifinals too for Australia.
Adam Thomas of Scottland looked good too in the heat beat number 8 and he finished 2nd to qualify. His time was slower at 10.30 but he has run faster this year so hopefully he can step in up in the semifinals.
In the 200m at U20 Championships, Caleb Law of Australia, Brandon Miller of the US, and Anthony Smith of Turkey, made it to the finals.
Anthony Smith was a high school sprint star that we talked about 2 years ago. He's been at the Univ. of Washington, and has been okay, but nothing special.
I don't know how he has come to represent Turkey - he doesn't look Turkish at all.
But as some of you have mentioned, changing nationalities, is a way for some American sprinters to get the opportunity to compete at an international level.