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Usain Bolt's former coach Glen Mills has revealed that they all struggled to come to terms with Oblique Seville's performance at the Paris Olympic Games.
Oblique Seville’s coach, Glen Mills, has disclosed that as management, they struggled to process the performance of the youngster at the Paris Olympic Games.
Mills hoped Seville would finish in the podium bracket but the youngster faded to an unprecedented eight-place finish in a time of 9.91 seconds.
In an interview with Sports Max TV, the former Usain Bolt’s tactician noted that, however, he is young and has so many years to run. He added that what bothered Seville was the fact that he had been to more than four championships and failed to win an individual medal.
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Seville was in action at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where he was eliminated in the semifinal of the men’s 100m. At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, he finished fourth in the men’s 100m final. Seville also finished fourth at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
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“It’s painful because we had expectations of a very high level. I know he was all torn up because he was saying that was the third time he missed the podium but he is young and he will get over it,” Mills said.
“He will have his day in the sun eventually. I am impressed that he has gotten much faster than he was last year and to run his personal best, not 100%, is exceptional. I know he can go faster than 9.81,” he said.
He disclosed that after the Jamaican Olympic trials, Seville suffered an injury and he was flown to Germany for immediate medical attention before the Olympics.
However, time was not on his side since by the time he was racing at the Olympic Games, he was not fully healed. In the semifinal, the coach had advised him not to go all in but Seville could not help but beat Noah Lyles to second.
The coach added that in the final, they talked about how to approach the race and Mills advised him to take it easy since he was feeling uncomfortable.
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“The unfortunate thing is that after the trials, he got hurt in the final and we sent him off to Germany and they did a great job on him but the injury that he had would require at least two to three weeks to be fully healed,” he said.
“He went to the Olympics not fully healed and we were hoping that he could get three races out of him because we knew that there would be a possibility for the injury to reoccur. After he ran the semis, we took it very easy in the final.
“After the semifinal, he said he was feeling very comfortable and was not feeling tired but he was feeling some discomfort. He had a problem with the hip and groin muscles.”
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