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2018 IAAF Continental Cup • Biographical Summaries • Men Men’s 100 Metres Sun / 17:39 World Record: 9.58 Usain Bolt JAM Berlin 16 Aug 09 (reaction time 0.146, wind 0.9) 2018 World Best: 9.79 Christian Coleman USA Brussels 31 Aug 18 9.78w Ronnie Baker USA Eugene 26 May 18 Meeting Record: 9.87 Obadele Thompson AME/BAR Johannesburg 11 Sep 98 No European-born athlete in this line-up Age (Days) Born Season’s Best Personal Best 1, EUR MARTINA Churandy NED - Netherlands 34y 67d 1984 10.16 9.91 -12 He and Usain Bolt were the only men to have contested the Olympic 200m final in Beijing, London and Rio 200 pb: 19.81 -16 (20.28 -18). 400 pb: 46.13 -07. sf World Youth 100 99; qf WJC 100 2002 (2000-ht); 1 South American Games 100 2002 (2 200); qf OLY 100 2004; qf WCH 100 2005/2009 (2003-ht); 1 Central American & Caribbean Games 100 2006/2010 & 200 2010; 1 Pan-Am Games 100 2007; 5 WCH 100/200 2007; 4 OLY 100 2008 (dq for running out of lane in 200 final, he would otherwise have won silver behind Bolt with 19.82); sf WIC 60 2010 (2016-ht); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 200 2010; sf WCH 100 2011 (2009-qf); 1 ECH 200/4x100 2012; 5 OLY 100/200 2012; 7 WCH 200 2013 (sf 100); dq ETCh 200 2014 (lane); 4 ECH 200 2014 (sf 100, 5 4x100); sf WCH 100/200 2015; 1 ECH 100 2016; 5 OLY 200 2016 (ht 100); 3 ETCh 100 2017; 6 ECH 100 2018 (sf 200, 2 4x100). 1 Dutch 100 2011/2012/2013/2015/2016 (1 200 2011/2016/2018). Lives-Orlando In 2018: 2 Dutch indoor 60; 2 Gainesville 200; 3 Rehlingen 100; 6 Hengelo 200; 7 Oslo Diamond 200; 6 Stockholm Diamond 200; 1 Dutch 100/200; 6 Paris Diamond 200 (5 100 ‘B’); 8 Lucerne 100 (7 200); 1 Kortrijk 100/200; 6 London Diamond 200 (1 4x100 with Dutch record 38.21); 6 ECH 100 (sf 200) (2 4x100); 3 Gothenburg 200 2, AME BLAKE Yohan JAM - Jamaica 28y 257d 1989 9.94 9.69 -12 If it wasn’t for Usain Bolt, he’d be world record holder at 100m & 200m 200 pb: 19.26 -11 (20.95 -18). 400 pb: 46.32 -13. 7 World Youth 100 2005; 1 Central American & Caribbean junior 100/200 2006; 3 WJC 100 2006 (1 4x100); 2 Pan-Am junior 100 2007; 4 WJC 100 2008 (2 4x100); 1 WCH 100/4x100 2011; 2 OLY 100/200 2012 (1 4x100); 1 OLY 4x100 2016 (4 100, sf 200); 4 WCH 100 2017 (sf 200, then was the man who passed the baton to Usain Bolt in the fateful 4x100m final); 3 COM 100/4x100 2018. 1 Jamaican 100/200 2012/2016/2017. Missed most of 2013 with a tendon injury, then sidelined again in 2014 with a more serious hamstring tear (in Glasgow, muscle off bone) which required surgery. We are no longer to call him 'The Beast’, he requests. Coach- Glen Mills In 2018: 4 Kingston 200 (Jan 27); 1 Kingston 4x100 (2 100 in 10.05 behind Zharnel Hughes ENG 10.01) (Feb 24); 1 Brisbane Classic 100; 1ht COM 100; 3 COM 100/4x100; 3 Boston Games 100; 3 Kingston Racers GP 100; dq/sf Jamaican 100 (false start); 5 Paris Diamond 100; 2 Lucerne 100; 4 London Diamond 100; dq Loughborough Euro Permit 100 (false start); 4 Birmingham Diamond 100; 3 Brussels Diamond 100 (Season’s best 9.94, he’s gradually progressed throughout the season) 3, AFR SIMBINE Akani RSA - South Africa 24y 353d 1993 9.93 9.89 -16 Commonwealth Games & African Champion at 100m in 2018 // 200 pb: 19.95 -17. 5 COM 200 2014 (sf 100); 1 WSG 100 2015; sf WCH 200 2015/2017; 3 African Champs 100 2016 (1 4x100); 5 OLY 100 2016; 5 WCH 100 2017 (2013/2015-sf); 1 African Champs 100 2018. 1 South African 100 2015/2017. He was Wayde Van Niekerk’s room-mate at the Rio Olympics. Coach-Werner Prinsloo He had the quickest 10m segment of any of the men in the 2017 World 100m final, according to a biomechanical study of the race. He clocked 0.84 between 50m & 60m, compared with Gatlin 0.86 & Bolt 0.85 In 2018: 1 Pretoria 100; 1ht South African 100 (scratched from final due to a “hamstring niggle”); 1 Paarl 100; 1 COM 100 (2 4x100); 2 Boston Games 100; 5 Rome Diamond 100; 2 Ostrava Golden Spike 100; 2 Montreuil 100; 3 Madrid 100; 4 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Székesfehérvár 100; 3 London Diamond 100; 1 African Champs 100; 6 Birmingham Diamond 100; 5 Brussels Diamond 100 4, APA SU Bingtian CHN - China (PR of) 29y 11d 1989 9.91 9.91 -18 2015 World Championship relay silver. 2018 World Indoor 60m silver 9.90w -18. 200 pb: 21.23 -08. 1 Asian Indoor Games 60 2009; 1 East Asian Games 100 2009; 1 Asian Champs 100 2011/2013 (1 4x100 2015); 3 WSG 100 2011; sf OLY 100 2012; ht WCH 100 2013; 1 East Asian Games 100 2013; 2 Asian Games 100 2014 (1 4x100); 2 WCH 4x100 2015 (9 100); 4 OLY 4x100 2016 (sf 100); 8 WCH 100 2017 (4 4x100); 2 WIC 60 2018 (2014-4, 2016-5); 1 Asian Games 100 2018 (3 4x100). 1 Chinese 100 2011/2012/2013 Born in a rural area in China's south-eastern province of Guangdong. Coach Yuan Guoqiang set China’s first national record of the electrical timing era, clocking 10.61 in 1978 before improving to 10.52 In 2018: Unbeaten indoors apart from the World Indoor Championships,where he won silver behind Christian Coleman; 2 Shanghai Diamond 100; 4 Eugene Diamond 100 (9.90w); 1 Madrid 100 (Chinese & Asian record 9.91); 3 Paris Diamond 100; 3 Lucerne 100; 1 Asian Games 100 (9.92) & 3 4x100 5, EUR HARVEY Jak Ali TUR - Turkey 29y 157d 1989 9.99 9.92 -16 Allegiance transferee from Jamaica – formerly known as Jacques Harvey, gained Turkish citizenship on July 25, 2014 and (with the requisite agreement of the Jamaican AA) cleared by IAAF to compete for Turkey from July 24, 2015 2016 European 100m silver 9.91w -18. 200 pb: 20.38 -15 (20.47 -18). 5 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 100 2010; 1 WSG 100 2011; 1 Balkan 100 2015/2017 (1 200 2017); sf WCH 100 2015; 2 ECH 100 2016 (2018-3); sf OLY 100 2016 (ht 200); sf WCH 100 2017; 2 ECH 4x100 2018. 7 Jamaican 100 2010/2011 (2012-8) In 2018: 8 Drake Relays ‘Special’ 100; 1 Mersin 200; 1 European Clubs Cup 200 ‘B’; 8 Hengelo 200; 1 Dessau 100; 1 Mediterranean Games 100; 1 Erzurum 100; 2 Bellinzona 100; 3 ECH 100; 2 ECH 4x100 (2nd leg); 1 Turkish Clubs 100 (2 200); 1 Rovereto 100 6, AME LYLES Noah USA - United States 21y 53d 1997 9.88 9.88 -18 In 2018 at became the youngest US Champion at 100m since Sam Graddy in 1984 9.86w -18. 200 pb: 19.65 -18. HJ pb: 2.03i -16. sf World Youth 200 2013 (2 Medley Relay); 1 Youth Olympic Games 200 2014; 1 Pan-Am junior 200 2015 (6 100); 1 WJC 100/4x100 2016. 1 US indoor 300 2017 )in world indoor best 31.87). In 2016 he placed fourth in the US Olympic Trials 200 in a US junior record of 20.09 – his last outdoor defeat at that distance. Coach-Lance Brauman Father-Kevin Lyles (400 pb 45.01 -95) was a contemporary of Michael Johnson and was awarded a gold medal at the 1995 World Championships 4x400 after he ran in the heat only, deputising for Butch Reynolds). Younger brother-Josephus Lyles (400 pb: 45.09 -18,1 WJC 4x400 2014) In 2018: 5sf US indoor 60; 1 Gainesville 100 (9.86w); 1 Doha Diamond 200 (19.83); 1 Boston Games 150 Straight (14.77); 1 Eugene Diamond 200 (19.69); 2 Kingston Racers GP 100 (9.93); 1 US 100 (9.88); 1 Lausanne Diamond 200 (19.69); 3 Rabat Diamond 100 (9.99); 1 Monaco Diamond 200; 3 Birmingham Diamond 100; 1 Zürich Diamond 200 He is unbeaten outdoors at 200m since January 2017 (wins in eight finals and one heat since then) 7, AFR CISSÉ Arthur Gue CIV - Ivory Coast 21y 253d 1996 9.94 9.94 -18 New Ivorian record holder at 100m (9.94 in Leverkusen on June 16, 2018) 200 pb: 20.67w -18, 20.72 -16. 1 African Games 4x100 2015; 2 African Champs 4x100 2016; 2 Francophone Games 100 2017 (1 4x100); sf WIC 60 2018; 2 African Champs 100 2018. 1 French 100 2018 In 2018: 3sf WIC 60; 1 Reims 100; 1 Tomblaine 100 (May 6); 2 Montgeron 100; 1 Reims 200; 2 Forbach 100; 1 Leverkusen 100; 1 Tomblaine 100; 7 Paris Diamond 100; 2 Székesfehérvár 100; 1 French 100; 8 Rabat Diamond 100; 2 African Champs 100; dq/ht Birmingham Diamond 100 (false start); 4 Rovereto 100; 2 Padua 100 8, APA AL-HARTHI Barakat OMA - Oman 30y 85d 1988 9.97 9.97 -18 Full name-Barakat Mubarak Al-Harthi Omani record holder at 100m & 200m 200 pb: 20.66w -15, 20.77 -11. ht WCH 100 2009; 2 Asian Indoor Champs 60 2010 (2018-5); sf WIC 60 2010/2014; ht OLY 100 2012/2016; 1 West Asian 100 2012 (2 200); 3 Asian Champs 100 2013 (2015-7); ht WCH 100 2013/2015; 4 Asian Indoor Games 60 2017.