Men's 100m (2024 London Diamond League)_

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8/6/2024

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00:00Keynote has to settle for third as we prepare for the final event of the afternoon

00:07We can expect some fireworks here Tim fasten your seatbelts. It could be a rough ride

00:12We certainly can the athletes up for the final race of the day the men's 100 meters

00:17And the big names are here. Here's one big name

00:19Perhaps more in the past than the present the world champion back in 2011. You're on Blake of Jamaica

00:25He is still however the third fastest man in history with nine point six nine

00:30He was a teammate of the great Usain Bolt. Of course the cricket-loving

00:34There is Jeremiah Azu

00:36frustrated after the

00:38For my 100 debacle early Ron. He didn't run in Rome

00:42Trials the Welshman he goes into Zanel Hughes the UK record

00:58Second the World Championships in Budapest last year the Botswana

01:01Big admire a Usain Bolt and he looked like false at all here from late for no

01:08983 as well the 27

01:11Listen to that welcome for this

01:14charismatic American world champion last year in Budapest of 100 200 and

01:20Here's the discovery the season for the Brits Louie Hinchliffe UK trials winner disappointed from that

01:27Earlier when the final changeup went all wrong for the British squad is NC double-a champion

01:31There's a countess in being in South Africa lovely fella interviewed it back in May

01:35He's a 984 performer at his best. How can he go here? He was winner in Oslo just a month or so back

01:43Akeem Blake of Jamaica third at the world indoors over 60 meters watch for a quick start from him

01:49Incidentally Noah Lyles have been working on his start trying to get quicker and he took a silver

01:54Almost under the radar in some ways took a silver at the world endorsing Glasgow over 60 meters

02:00So he is quicker out of the blocks these days

02:02And if he gets that bit right, then he's very very hard to stop because his closing speed is superb

02:09He holds his form. So well, I've witnessed his world best over 300 meters in the USA a few years back

02:14He's got enormous strength as Lyles and great speed to he starts here as favorite

02:19But this is a tough field

02:20Yeah

02:21One Blake and one as you to zone L Hughes the British record holder in three to Bogo Botswana for Lyles goes in five in

02:27The yellow fourth and bottom hitched with six Simbina seven Akeem Blake in eight

02:58Nine eight one is confirmed

03:00That is quick from Lyles and the wind minus 0.3. They didn't get a lot of help these fellas from the conditions

03:07It's a lovely mild afternoon here in London, but the wind could have helped them without would have taken him way below 980

03:15And Lyles delivers and I'll tell you what. He's not exactly my mind

03:19He's not one of those things that you either love or hate, but he does divide people's opinions Lyles. He's

03:25Charismatic

03:27Very very verbal loves to make noises and make people sit up and pay attention

03:34But Lyles delivers yet again, and I'll tell you what it's so easy to walk the walk to talk the talk

03:40I should say be happy to walk the walk and he's done that today all credit to him

03:46That's a big run simply makes you perked to the second. Well, let's look at it again. It's topping speed is without question

03:53It's just a question of how quickly he gets away to Bogo and got away really nicely as zoo as well

03:58Hughes at this stage has got work to do Sabine has been super consistent

04:01But once he gets to 60 meters, you're not going to catch no lives and he has been very noisy recently

04:07And he had to back it up. I think there was a bit of self-imposed pressure on Noah Lyles

04:13He chose to stay in Florida last week for an extra weekend. He did annoy a few people. I'm afraid by

04:19Pulling out of Monaco and very short notice many people say that's his prerogative

04:23But he was part of the promotion and all the publicity for that meeting, but he stayed away for another week delayed his

04:31Visit to Europe by seven days

04:34All of that adds to the pressure

04:36While outspoken also during the week a few little words with Zanel Hughes on social media

04:42But he's delivered and he's delivered big-time a personal best a meeting record

04:49And that surely suggests that he's in fine fettle. Look at that reaction when he sees the 981

04:58Favorite for Paris I

05:01Think you have to say is to with the rounds as well lives is strong

05:04We know that a lot of athletes tired through the rounds

05:07But Lyles will get better and better and he will milk this for all he can and why not the crowd love it

05:15Big big crowd in place

05:1760,000 in the London City been treated to an absolute smorgasbord of performances

05:22Look at that the first five under ten seconds Lyles Sabine a toboggan

05:33Personal best that's perhaps the most important statistic for him. He's still improving not quite yet

05:39Boltesque, he says he'd like to break

05:47Making him at his age

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