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The Irish Sun
28-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Sprint sensation, 16, beats Usain Bolt's 100m record at same age to qualify for world championships
JAPANESE 16-year-old Sorato Shimizu has set a new world record for the fastest 100m time EVER achieved by an athlete under-18. The sprinting prodigy, who is still a schoolboy, ran 100 metres in just 10.00 seconds during a track meet in Hiroshima. Advertisement 2 Sorato Shimizu celebrates his incredible time Credit: 2 Shimizu shows off his brilliant achievement Shimizu has beaten the previous record jointly held by American Christian Miller, and Thai ace Puripol Boonson, who both ran 100m in 10.06 seconds. And his incredible time smashes The Jamaican icon, who still holds the overall world 100m record, had achieved a personal best of 10.03 seconds as a 20-year-old. Although at this point in his incredible career, Bolt was focused more on the 200m discipline. Advertisement Shimuzu's time was achieved at the Inter High School Championships . It places him fifth all-time among Japanese athletes. While he also now holds his country's high school record. The previous record of 10.01 seconds had stood for 12 years, having been set by Yoshihide Kiryu. Advertisement Most read in Athletics BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Following his achievement, Shimuzu said: "I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final. "I'm happy to have set a high school record. I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it." Hurdler suffers very embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as privates are exposed during race The Athletics World Championships are set to be held in Tokyo this September. Advertisement Shimizu's time has cleared the entry standard for the prestigious event.
Scottish Sun
27-07-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Sprint sensation, 16, beats Usain Bolt's 100m record at same age to qualify for world championships
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) JAPANESE 16-year-old Sorato Shimizu has set a new world record for the fastest 100m time EVER achieved by an athlete under-18. The sprinting prodigy, who is still a schoolboy, ran 100 metres in just 10.00 seconds during a track meet in Hiroshima. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Sorato Shimizu celebrates his incredible time Credit: 2 Shimizu shows off his brilliant achievement Shimizu has beaten the previous record jointly held by American Christian Miller, and Thai ace Puripol Boonson, who both ran 100m in 10.06 seconds. And his incredible time smashes Usain Bolt's best time as a 20-year-old. The Jamaican icon, who still holds the overall world 100m record, had achieved a personal best of 10.03 seconds as a 20-year-old. Although at this point in his incredible career, Bolt was focused more on the 200m discipline. READ MORE IN SPORT COMMON KNOWLEDGE Major sporting event facing TV blackout for first time in 70 years Shimuzu's time was achieved at the Inter High School Championships. It places him fifth all-time among Japanese athletes. While he also now holds his country's high school record. The previous record of 10.01 seconds had stood for 12 years, having been set by Yoshihide Kiryu. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Following his achievement, Shimuzu said: "I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final. "I'm happy to have set a high school record. I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it." Hurdler suffers very embarrassing wardrobe malfunction as privates are exposed during race The Athletics World Championships are set to be held in Tokyo this September. Shimizu's time has cleared the entry standard for the prestigious event.
TimesLIVE
22-04-2025
- Sport
- TimesLIVE
Simone Biles still undecided on 2028 LA Olympics participation
Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, said she has yet to decide whether she will take part in her home Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. Biles won gold medals in the team, all-around and vault competitions at the 2024 Games to complete a triumphant comeback three years after withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics but said Paris took a heavy toll on her. 'I have accomplished so much in my sport. For me to come back, I would really need to be thrilled by it,' Biles, who has won seven Olympic golds in total, told French sports daily L'Equipe on Tuesday. 'You're going to tell me that the perspective of the Games in Los Angeles is fascinating. And I will be there, whether on the apparatus or in the stands, I still haven't decided. Friends. Rivals. Icons. @Simone_Biles on her bond with fellow Laureus Award Nominee Rebeca Andrade - how competition made their friendship stronger. #Laureus25 — Laureus (@LaureusSport) April 21, 2025 '2028 seems so far away. And my body ages. I felt it in Paris. At the end of the competition, I went back to the village, I took the elevator and my body literally collapsed — I got sick for 10 days... 'So, to be honest, I don't know. We'll see,' the 28-year-old added. On Monday, Biles was named the Sportswoman of the Year, while Swedish pole-vaulter Mondo Duplantis captured the men's honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid. Biles, who won gold medals in the team, all-around and vault competitions, as well as a silver on the floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Games to complete a triumphant comeback three years after withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics, won the Laureus award for the fourth time. Mondo Duplantis 🇸🇪 receives the Laureus Sportsman of the Year Award from Novak Djokovic. He is the first male field eventer to win the award, and only the 2nd male Track & Field athlete after Usain Bolt. — Track & Field Gazette (@TrackGazette) April 21, 2025 That equalled the record held by tennis great and US compatriot Serena Williams. 'I won this award for the first time in 2017 and Laureus has been a part of my story since then,' Biles said after the ceremony. 'There might be a little girl watching someone like me on television and deciding she can do it, too.' Last year's winner, Novak Djokovic, handed Duplantis his first Laureus award after he was nominated in each of the last three years, becoming only the second track-and-field athlete to win it after Usain Bolt. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pole vaulters of all time, Duplantis won a second straight Olympic gold medal in Paris, breaking his own world record for the ninth time, before shattering it once again in the Silesia Diamond League meeting the next month. Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade won the Comeback of the Year award after completing her inspirational return from career-threatening injuries at the Paris Games to win the gold medal in the floor competition. Teenage soccer sensation Lamine Yamal, who helped Spain win the European Championship last year, won the Breakthrough of the Year, the sixth footballer to win that award. The Laureus World Sports Awards nominees are selected by the global media, while the winners are determined by the 69 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy. The awards have been presented annually since 2000.
