On April 23, Beijing time, South Korean media news, 19-year-old black 100-meter sprinter Bawesa Daniel Gasama ran only 10.44 seconds in the Korean Athletics Championships in Daegu, finished second, and qualified for the Asian Games. Previously, the black guy was praised by the media as a star of hope.
Daniel's performance is not only a little big with Su Bingtian, but also a certain distance from the Japanese black mixed race player Sani Brown, and even did not beat the local veteran.
If the Asian Games are not postponed, Daniel will not be able to enter the top five.
Born in 2003 in Ansan, South Korea, Daniel is hailed as the Star of Hope for Korean Sprint, and his parents are from Congo. After coming to Korea, Daniel's parents started a small business, and soon his mother got a Korean passport. Subsequently, Daniel, who has a talent in athletics, also became a naturalized athlete with his mother's naturalization.
At the Korea National Championship, Daniel let his coach down, running just 10.44 seconds. The 31-year-old veteran Kim Joo-young ran 10.42 seconds to win the championship.
The competition is also a selection competition for the Hangzhou Asian Games, and Basavi Daniel has qualified for the Asian Games. However, at the age of 19, there is still a big gap between the sprinters in China and Japan.
In a race in Florida in March, Japanese black racer Sani Brown ran a time of 10.15 seconds, and the Japanese media believed that Brown had just recovered and there was room for improvement.
Sani Brown is 23 years old, four years older than Daniel. In the future, the two may be long-term opponents. Brown's father is Ghanaian and his mother is Japanese, and he himself has been training and competing in North America.
Daniel's results are also very different from several main players of the Chinese sprint team.
Previously, the Korean media advocated that this black brother was the star of hope for the team, but in the past 2 years, his performance has only improved by 0.01 seconds.
The best time for a South Korean athlete in the 100-meter sprint was Kim Joo-young's domestically set 10.07 seconds. But the veteran, who has been around for a long time, hasn't come close to that record.
It is reported that Daniel did not go to college and directly chose to work. Without professional team training, his future is uncertain. He suffered a serious injury last year, and he himself hopes that there will be fewer injuries in the future.
Daniel was only naturalized in 2018, when he was 15 years old. There are Korean clubs that want to sign him, and his hometown of Ansan and Seoul are the most active, but he is still considering it.
In addition, Daniel, who is an adult, is eager to find a Korean girlfriend.
The Hangzhou Asian Games is likely to be Daniel's first appearance for South Korea. However, the time to play may be postponed from this year to next year. Many media have revealed that the Asian Games are expected to be rescheduled.
This is an opportunity for Daniel. A year later, he will turn 20 years old, in the golden age of sprinters, and Veterans such as Su Bingtian will have to add another year.
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