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Donovan Bailey admitted he overestimated Jamaican sprinters Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville ahead of the Olympic 100m final, having expected better performances from them.
Jamaican-Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey has explained how he over-estimated Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville going into the men’s 100m final at the Paris Olympic Games.
The double Olympic champion disclosed that watching the final, he thought Kishane Thompson would run under 9.70 seconds and Oblique Seville would be right behind but it was not the case when the men crossed the finish line.
The race was won by Noah Lyles, who clocked 9.79 seconds, milliseconds ahead of Kishane Thompson. Fred Kerley rounded up the podium, clocking 9.81 seconds. Oblique Seville faded to eighth-place, clocking 9.91 seconds.
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12:54 - 30.10.2024
Usain Bolt snubs Noah Lyles as he names his dream 4x100m relay team
Legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt named his dream 4x100m relay team, omitting current stars like Noah Lyles.
In the men’s 100m semifinal, Oblique Seville had beaten Noah Lyles and won their respective heat and going into the final, Donovan Bailey was sure the Jamaican wunderkind would perform well.
“I thought, watching the 2024 Games, that Kishane was going to run 9.68 seconds and Oblique was going to run right on his heels. However, you had two athletes…like I was saying before, I tweak during Diamond Leagues in the middle with the best people running and I was tweaking then,” Donovan Bailey said on ‘The Powells’ You Tube Channel.
Donovan Bailey explained that watching both of them compete, he could see how exhausted and not in the moment throughout. The two-time world champion said watching Oblique Seville run reminds him of his final World Championships when he lost to Maurice Greene.
Going into that race, he was under the pump to deliver since it was his final race but he regretted that instead of pushing hard, he would have let the victory go to him.
“I think that you saw race rust in both of those guys because my expectation was for both of them to be one, two. I expected them to be like that. Donovan Bailey Oblique for me reminds me of my 90’s…like my last race, the 1997 World Championships that Maurice Green beat me,” Donovan Bailey said.
“I came out of the blocks and all I kept thinking was go, go, go as opposed to just let it come to me and he never got it out of the first gear and that just a race experience in race rust. It’s not a criticism at all because this is a fact that they’re young and that is something for you to work on.”
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19:00 - 30.10.2024
'I'm not proud of it' - Junelle Bromfield forced to apologize to fiancé Noah Lyles after major engagement blunder
Junelle Bromfield had to make a promise to her fiancé Noah Lyles after forgetting one of the most important things since their highly publicized engagement.
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