A big clap of thunder swept through the Olympic stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. The hierarchy was completely shaken up in the semi-finals of the 100m. World No.1 Trayvon Bromell (9”77 this season, best performance of the year) has been eliminated and will not make the final at 2:50 p.m. (French time). The American, big favorite announced had already given some signs of concern in the playoffs on Saturday (10′’05). Yet placed in the half which seemed the least relieved, he finished only 3rd (10 ″ 00) behind the Briton Zharnel Hughes (9′’98) and the Nigerian Enoch Adegoke (10′’00), not qualifying at the time.
European and Asian records have fallen
We also attended a semi-final, the 3rd, with amazing times with three sprinters who broke their records! The Chinese Su Bingtian won in 9′’83, a new Asian record of which he was co-holder (9′’91). American Ronnie Baker was also credited with 9”83 but finished 2nd after being split in a thousandth of a second. It is also his personal best. Finally, the Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs took 3rd place in 9′’84. It is quite simply a new European record, erasing the joint mark of Vicaut and Obikwelu (9 ″ 86).
A decidedly difficult day for Jimmy Vicaut. In addition to losing his European record, he failed to qualify for the 100 final. The French sprinter finished 5th in the first semi-final in 10′’11.
