Christian Coleman set for his comeback at the Millrose Games

With an 18-month ban served, Christian Coleman, the world document holder within the 60-meters (6.34), who hasn’t raced competitively since February of 2020, will make his return to the observe Jan. 29 on the 114th Millrose Video games at The Armory in Washington Heights (Manhattan). The 25-year-old from Atlanta and College of Tennessee product might be challenged within the 60-meters by a stellar area that features Tokyo Olympians Trayvon Bromell, Ronnie Baker and Noah Lyles.

Bromell was seen as a powerful medal contender within the 100-meters finally summer time’s Olympics held in Japan however didn’t make it previous the semifinals. He gained the World Indoor 60-meter finals in 2016. Baker completed fifth within the 100-meters in Tokyo. Lyles captured gold within the 200-meters on the 2019 World Championships and bronze within the 200 on the 2020 Olympics, staged in the summertime of 2021 as they had been postponed for one yr because of the international COVID-19 pandemic.

Clocking the world’s quickest instances within the males’s 100-meters in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Coleman was the person all eyes that comply with sprinting had been watching within the months main as much as the Tokyo Olympics. With three-time (2008, 2012, 2016) Olympic 100-meter gold medal winner Usain Bolt hanging up his spikes following the 2017 World Championships, Coleman was the favourite to face atop the 100 medal podium in Japan.

Nevertheless, his aspirations had been deferred because the reigning 100-meter world champion was banned from competing on the Olympics for lacking three random drug exams over a 12-month interval in 2019 termed “whereabouts failures.” Coleman adamantly denied allegations that he used substances that had been prohibited by the World Athletics, the sports activities governing physique, or deliberately evaded exams.

”I’ve by no means and can by no means use efficiency enhancing dietary supplements or medication,” Coleman posted on his Twitter account after receiving a provisional suspension in June of 2020. “I’m prepared to take a drug check EVERY single day for the remainder of my profession for all I care to show my innocence.”