Christian Coleman is the new owner of the 100 meters. His brand (9.76) makes him the sixth best man of all time. The crown prince? Yes. No. According to. As soon as Usain Bolt retired, the search for that heir began. It was a sports necessity, a journalistic aspiration, an economic convenience and a sentimental inclination.
The rush for succession reflected the importance of the character. Athletics, revitalized by the Jamaican, could not be long without finding a solution. If not equal, as approximate as possible. A risk of equivalence. He was doing a lot on it. I needed a replacement and maybe I could only find a patch.
But, yes, Bolt, like any other, although not another, has a successor. But I do not replace. A sprinter, Coleman, who can currently take his place, but not dethrone him historically. We say successor in the 100 meters (let's leave the 200 for now) in the seasonal rankings, because someone has to lead them. And in the titles, because someone has to win them. Coleman led the tables in 2017 (9.82) and 2018 (9.79). And he rules with those 9.76 in 2019. Now, in addition, he is the world champion.
Successor of Bolt in the lists and on the podiums, but not in the records. Although you never know, let's rule out that someone can run 100 meters in less than 9.58. Many of us believe that whoever succeeds one day, if he succeeds, has not yet been born. Bolt will continue to win battles after retired. Athletes like him always end up supposing a stalemate after having made an advance. An involution after having starred in a revolution. Think of Florence Griffith , the female Bolt . His 100 and 200 primates last 31 years. And not even the crown princesses glimpse.
Coleman is also the world record holder of 60 meters (6.34). Bolt did not practice the indoor track. Even so, when he got his current 9.58 in Berlin, he spent 60 in 6.31. In his succession ascent, Coleman, whom a legal technicality has saved from a sanction for not having passed three controls, recovers for the United States the supremacy of male speed. And he gave a good account in a grand final of Justin Gatlin (9.89 and 37 years), Andre de Grasse (9.90), Akani Simbine (9.93) and Yohan Blake (9.97).
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