Even though he has been in the sport not too long," Justin Gatlin, Olympic gold medallist in 2004 and runner-up behind Bolt in Rio last year, told Reuters. However, Christian Coleman put himself on the map when he ran 9.82 seconds, the fastest time this year, during the U.S. collegiate championships, while Trayvon Bromell won bronze at the world championships two years ago aged just 20. "You would have to have someone who has something special he has in terms of personality," the American told Reuters. "If the federations don't want to have to promote the sport itself, want to just ride the coattails of a great athlete, yeah it's going to be hard. "It's a great sport right here in front of all of us, if we would just promote that, but that takes some work.

Source: The Star July 31, 2017 10:30 UTC