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发帖数: 7349 | 1 Athletics can ill afford, at a point when public trust in its integrity has
ebbed away to an alarming degree, to wait too long for another saviour.
It is futile even pretending, though, that anybody with Bolt’s
transcendence will emerge for a generation or more. His ‘triple-triple’ of
Olympic sprint titles – nine finals, nine gold medals – stands as a feat
for the ages.
So, too, does his set of world records.
In looking for the next wave, there is no more logical place to start than
his Jamaican homeland, the Caribbean sprint factory. For the strength in
depth on the island remains, in this adjustment to a post-Bolt landscape,
the envy of the world. At the Racers Grand Prix in Kingston in June, four
men – Bolt, Nickel Ashmeade, Yohan Blake and Asafa Powell – all dipped
under 10 seconds.
Even the ‘B’ race was won by Jason Livermore in a time of 10.03. Paul
Francis, head of the track team at Jamaica’s University of Technology,
explains: “That B race could have sufficed for a world-class 100 anywhere
else. This is the extent of talent available locally.
Now it is just a matter of finding those who are able to force a way
through to make it on the world stage.” | m**c
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