Recently, African 100m record holder Ou Manyala was interviewed: "I think 2021 is my year, I aimed to break the African record, now I have done it, my goal has turned to the world record, I believe I can break Bolt's record of 9.58 seconds!" As soon as this remark came out, it caused an uproar at the World Athletics Forum!
Omanyala, who is it? He is a young player with outstanding performance this year, and he also reached the 100-meter final at the Tokyo Olympic Games, where he was accidentally strained, and his hard strength at that time was comparable to that of Su Bingtian! After the Olympics, he ran a new African record of 9.77 seconds in a unique athletics invitational event, and has since become famous! It is worth mentioning that in the same race, the American star Brommel created the best time of 9.76 seconds in the world's 100 meters this year, is this heaven's compensation for him? Bromel's poor performance at the Tokyo Olympics is something he will never forget for the rest of his life! From the pre-tournament title favorites to the final missing the final, his experience is even more poignant than that of Asaf Powell.
At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Brommel was a fledgling, winning the bronze medal in the 100 meters of the World Championships with a time of 9.92 seconds. Today's Omenara is very much like bromel in the past, full of vigor and invincible. But his tone seems to be bigger than Bromel's, and it is a surprise to run out of 9.77 seconds at a young age, but this is by no means a reason for his fantasies, the gap between him and Bolt's 9.58 seconds is huge, and at present, he has absolutely no possibility of breaking 9.58 seconds.
I think it's hard for him to break Bolt's record, not a momentary idolatry. Rather, it is the result of objective analysis. Omenyala's 9.77 seconds was on the plateau at 1659 meters, and Bolt's 9.58 was on the plains track, and the difference was clear at a glance. The wind speed of Umaniara 9.77 seconds is 1.2 meters per second for downwind, while Bolt's 9.58 seconds is 0.9 meters per second. And most importantly, Bolt's 9.58 seconds was run at the World Series, while Aumanyala's 9.77 seconds was in a small race. Bolt is a multi-gun competition, with much more gold content than Omanyala's one-shot competition.
To sum up, here's the comparison: 9.77A(+1.2m/s, 1659m) vs 9.58(+0.9m/s, 53m). For a decade, the youngster won't be a threat to Bolt's record!
Looking at the several masters who once threatened to challenge Bolt, there was no news in the end. Japan's genius Boy Xiangxiu soared 9.87 seconds after a surge of confidence; Gatlin ran 9.45 seconds out of the big tailwind and laughed; King Coleman returned and aimed at the world record; Blake and Guy's 9.69 seconds are also a thing of the past.
Therefore, Omenyala's bold words today, the probability is not realized, or it is better to be realistic.