The place: Bishan Stadium, Singapore, the time: 1120am local. By around 10.62 seconds later it was 'job done' by Trackspeed1's David Bolarinwa, as he cruised into Saturday evening's 100 metres final of the Youth Olympic Games as the fastest qualifier.
David was a heat winner some four tenths of a second ahead of his nearest rival, hence making it a really tough job, with qualification on times alone! As it happened, Odane Skeen from Jamaica, his closest competitor on paper, was the next fastest just one hundredth of a second slower than him with a winning 10.63s run.
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| David warms up ahead of his heat in Singapore this morning |
"David ran well into a 0.2 headwind, while the Jamaican had a 1.5 headwind, but was pushed all the way by Thailand's Jirapong Meenapra. But you can't underestimate just how tough it is to run solo as David had to, let alone in an event like this, so there really was no difference between the two performances at all.
David's a championship performer though, so Saturday's final represents a mouth-watering clash!"
The other heats didn't produce any other performances of real note, although the Thai athlete ran well, albeit off a 0.096s reaction time which many thought would normally attract disqualification for a false start. So it could end up a real two-horse race, although these events can always produce a surprise on the big stage!
David will be back to the training track tomorrow morning to review his efforts and make any minor adjustments to his approach that he needs to, after which Friday will be a rest day ahead of race day.
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| Coach John Powell and David are all smiles after a successful morning's work at the Bishan Stadium, Singapore |
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