This is Deji Ogeyingbo’s piece on Kishane Thompson, the male sprinter who fascinates all of Jamaica! The purple track in Paris will be quite busy from August 1-11, 2024.
Kishane Thompson is a complete talent and ready to make Jamaica smile again
Jamaica knows how to make good sprinters.
If Kishane Thompson already stands out for his superb display of sprinting in the last two months, consider his evolution. It was as recently as July 2023 in which he ran his first sub-10-second race over the 100m at the Jamaican trials that the world began to take notice of his sprinting prowess. It was short-lived. He didn’t show up for the remaining rounds which meant he was going to miss out on the world championships in Budapest.
Maybe it was too early, because of a precaution that meant he could get injured running rounds or his coach Stephen Francis aka ‘Franno’ felt the world wasn’t ready to witness his greatness. It’s hard to gauge now. All we know for sure is he ran in some low-ley international meets for the first time in his career before going on to end his season with a fourth-place finish in the Diamond League final in Eugene with a then Personal Best of 9.87s.
Less than a year later, Thompson is the talk of the town. He burst out at the 2023 Jamaican trials piecing together a series of 9.82, 9.84, and 9.77s to win the men’s 100m, notable against Oblique Seville- the man that has held the forth for Jamaica on the global scene by reaching the final of the last two major championships.
Kishane Thompson powers to a massive personal best and world lead of 9.77 to wins the mens 100m trials. He finishes ahead of oblique seville who did 9.82 and ackeem Blake finished third in 9.93 pic.twitter.com/dhtjeDVftC
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Fourth was not enough for the Island nation, they were spoilt by the likes of Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, all of whom have reached or reached the pinnacle of what sprinting is in the world by breaking all sorts of records and winning multiple global championships. One moment, you are enjoying being at the top of the A-league, the next- or in this case seven years, you are struggling to make the playoffs in the C-league. Life happens as they say. But not for too long.
Thompson seems to have come out of nowhere. Or did he? They call him Asafa Powel 2.0 mainly due to their similar running style. Thompson is far more than just a sprint phenom at this point. He is destined to…
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