GOING FOR GOLD!

Friday, 20th August
It's being billed across Singapore as the clash of the Titans as David Bolarinwa is due to lock horns with the top teenage sprinting talent on the planet tomorrow night, in the first ever Youth Olympic Games 100 metres final.

David is drawn in lane six, with the strongly fancied Jamaican Odene Skeene right next-door in five!

The race, which takes place at 2110hrs (1410hrs UK) will mark the pinnacle of the Games so far, which are plastered all over Singapore as the event of the century!  You can't go down any street, traverse any park, or visit any commercial centre, without being surrounded by Singapore YOG 2010 logo's, banners and posters.

David hopes to replicate his win in Moscow (above) when he struck
gold in the European final in May, in Singapore tomorrow.

As the first final of its kind ever, the gold medalist will have the added credit to his CV of being the Youth Olympic record holder, and the first ever Youth Olympic Champion in one of the most keenly contested Olympic events.

"It's really exciting," said David's coach, John Powell, "and the thing is both David and I know perfectly well this race is there for the taking.  We respect and do not under-estimate the opposition - the Jamaican obviously, nor the Thai or Japanese challenge, but David is more than capable of beating the lot of them on his day."

As with the heats, the Blue Peter cameras will be there to record every second.  "I was mic'd up for the heats and expect I will be for the final too, so I have to be really careful what I say," joked John, "but it's going to be really difficult not to get carried away in the heat of the moment!"

Assuming all goes well, David will have a victory ceremony on Sunday morning, but isn't finished there.  He runs for Europe on Monday night in the medley relay, completing the first leg of a 100-200-300-400m event.