US Track Stars Tied This Jamaican All-Time Best Record in 2021

Within the final decade, Jamaican sprinters handled followers the world over with dominance on the observe. Starting from Yohan Blake to Usain Bolt, the Caribbean nation produced sprinters who not solely clinched gold medals in world championships, however in successive Olympics as properly.

Nevertheless, 2021 has been a formidable yr for American sprinters. In truth, their 200m male sprinters this yr matched a file made by Jamaican sprinters 9 years in the past.

USA observe stars match spectacular Jamaican file within the males’s 200m class

In 2012, Jamaica’s sprinters dominated the roost. With names like Blake, Bolt and Warren Weir, the Jamaicans produced exhilarating shows in numerous tournaments, with the London Olympics being testomony to their skills.

In that yr, 5 of their sprinters recorded beneath 19.9 seconds within the males’s 200m class. Amongst these names, Bolt, Blake and Weir are probably the most distinguished. In truth, the trio recorded a 1-2-3 end within the males’s 200m remaining in London, marking the primary of its type for the Caribbean nation.

Nevertheless, 2021 has seen some stars emerge from the USA. This yr, 5 of their sprinters additionally recorded beneath 19.9s on this distance, matching Jamaica’s unprecedented 2012 file.

The American sprinters who achieved this feat are Noah Lyles with 19.52s, Kenny Bednarek with 19.68s, Fred Kerley with 19.76s, Terrance Laird with 19.81s and rising star Erriyon Knighton with 19.84s.

Knighton’s time is a world junior file, breaking his personal time of 19.88 within the US Olympic Trials. As well as, Knighton’s time of 19.88s broke Bolt’s long-standing file of 19.93s.

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USA’s male sprinters received three medals within the Tokyo Olympics

Though they got here to the Tokyo Olympics with a robust status, USA’s male sprinters couldn’t style gold. Kerley received silver within the males’s 100m class, ending behind Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs in a surprising race.

In the meantime, Bednarek clinched silver within the males’s 200m race, ending behind Canada’s Andre De Grasse. Lyles completed third in that race to clinch bronze. Though they couldn’t win gold in Tokyo, the long run seems vivid for the Olympic superpower, with the Paris Olympics simply three years away.

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