On June 3, Beijing time, the World Athletics Federation officially announced the cancellation of two sprint world records, namely the men's 100 meters and the women's 4x100 meters relay. Don't worry about it here, the cancelled men's 100m record is not the 9.58 seconds set by Bolt. Because, the two cancelled sprint world records are both youth world records born this year!
Let's start with the men's 100m, when Sprinter Törborg from Botswana competed on the IAAF Intercontinental Tour in May. In the end, the 18-year-old Teborg ran a time of 9.96 seconds, successfully breaking the world youth record. But unfortunately, the youth world record set by Teborg was only held for one month before it was cancelled by the IAAF!
It turned out that at the IAAF Intercontinental Tour, the men's 100m event lacked a starting gun signal test procedure. Even though Teborg broke the youth world record, he was ultimately unable to gain recognition from the World Athletics Federation. As a result, American star Brommel once again became the young world record holder, and he set a record of 9.97 seconds that year. It can only be said that It is a pity that Teborg originally pressed Bromel for 0.01 seconds, but in the end he failed to rewrite the Youth World Record due to the lack of a starting gun signal test program!
Let's take a look at the women's 4x100m relay, when Jamaica competed in the Caribbean Games in April. Organized by the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIBAS), this tournament has been held annually since 1972, but only for young athletes, and is divided into 2 age groups, one under the age group of 17 and the other under the age group of 20. There are also many events, including sprinting, middle and long-distance running, hurdles, throwing, jumping and relay events.
At the Caribbean Games, the Jamaican women's 4x100m relay team won the championship with a time of 42.58 seconds and successfully broke the world record. Today, the Jamaican youth world record has also been cancelled. The official explanation given by the IAAF is very clear, that is, there are members of the Jamaican team who have not completed the doping test procedure, so the world record is not counted.
However, the strength of the Jamaican team is still worthy of recognition, even if the world record is cancelled, but the current world record is still held by the Jamaican team. At last year's World Junior Athletics Championships, the Jamaican women's 4x100m relay team ran a time of 42.94 seconds, also setting a new world record. I have to say that Jamaica is indeed a sprinting kingdom, and talented sprinters are really emerging!