In Kingston, Jamaica on June 29, 2024, at 01:43 PM ET, the newest 100-meter national champion showcased an impressive victory with a message claiming he slowed down 60 meters into the race, yet managed to run the fastest time in the world in two years. Kishane Thompson won the Jamaica 100-meter national championship in 9.77 seconds on Friday night, positioning himself as a potential Olympic champion alongside his country’s greatest sprinter, Usain Bolt, next month.
Thompson confessed that this was his first time running rounds and after posting a time of 9.82 in his opening heat the previous night, he was kept up late with doping control officers. He outpaced Oblique Seville, a semifinalist at the Tokyo Olympics who had a victory over Noah Lyles earlier in the year, with his impressive time of 9.77 seconds, the fastest since Fred Kerley’s 9.76 seconds win at the 2022 world championships.
Despite being advised by his coach to only run the first 60 meters of the race and then shut it down with a goal of running a 70 or 60 and assessing his performance
