Indonesian wins World Junior 100m Title

He looked really great during that run! His start looked real smooth and he just looked so full of energy springing down towards the finish.

Schwartz looked really tense at the start. I wonder if that might have held him from running to his potential (not meant as a slight to Zohri).

Is he considering entering the NCAA system? I could see him going sub ten one day

Flo’da boy wrote:

He looked really great during that run! His start looked real smooth and he just looked so full of energy springing down towards the finish.

Schwartz looked really tense at the start. I wonder if that might have held him from running to his potential (not meant as a slight to Zohri).

Is he considering entering the NCAA system? I could see him going sub ten one day

And in Sweden we are happy for our new junior sprinter Henrik Larsson who placed 6th in the final with 10.28 . He ran 10.22 in semi and threatened the Swedish senior national record of 10.18 back in -96.

I think since he is coached by Harry Mara, and Mara seems to have some sort of association with UCLA. As Zohri ran in alot of meets. Then UCLA seems like a logical choice for him. With his times will he get a full ride, and will he get on the starting team rather than just as a backup or reserve.

Congrats to your Swedish guy also. It was a good final race.

Schwartz has a PB of 10.09, so 10.19 and 10.22 is slightly off. Zohri peaked when it mattered. His next stint will be the Asian Games. Where the Indonesians have a power house 4x100, and i am calling they can win a Bronze Medal here. They ran 39.07 at last SEA Games without new guys Zohri and Dewe Mudiyasa (10.3 guy).

They also have Fadlin, Yaspi Bobi and Iswandi who are 10.3-10.4 guys. And there 7.98m Long Jumper is a backup at 10.5 also. Good job to coach Harry Mara (coach of World Record Holder Ashton Eaton) for really levelling up Indonesia Athletics in Sprints, Hurdles and Jumps in particular. The 4x100 clocked 39.09 the first time they added Zohri back in January. I think they can go 38.5 with him and Mudiyasa getting changes right.

Anyone know if he is entered for 200m? He ran 21.74 as a 16 year old then switched to 100m and ran 10.24. So i suspect if he runs a good curve he can go about 20.5? He didn't hit the standard for 200 so i guess no way he could have entered for World Juniors.

Technically his form is very similar to Mardi Lestari of Indonesia who finsihed 13th and made Semi FInals at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul( back then Olympics is 4 rounds)

Massive, massive day for the Asia Pacific region.

Japan won 2 golds, Indonesia the 100, Australia went 1-2 in the mens decath with the winner smashing the champ record (eg 10.51, 2.10, 46.8), NZ won the women's shot. The only gold not won by the area was women's jav (Ukraine). Japan added a silver and Aussie girls won semis in the 800 and 400.

Hopefully means this area becomes very competitive at world level over the next 5-10 years.

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Massive, massive day for the Asia Pacific region.

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Hopefully means this area becomes very competitive at world level over the next 5-10 years.

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Yeah that boy who ran the 10.51 was impressive, especially with that running technique to run 10.51 is impressive.

indonesia wrote:

I thought his father was Kenyan.

Yeah his deadbeat father was Kenyan but when he left his mother raised him in Indonesia.

He also ran 46.8 and jumped 2.10. His pole vault technique isn't great but he jumped 4.60 easily, then withdrew with knee soreness.

Massive, massive potential.

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Indonesia wrote:

I think since he is coached by Harry Mara, and Mara seems to have some sort of association with UCLA. As Zohri ran in alot of meets. Then UCLA seems like a logical choice for him. With his times will he get a full ride, and will he get on the starting team rather than just as a backup or reserve.

UCLA has a terrible sprints program, no one there makes improvements. Rai Benjamin used to run at UCLA and no one heard of him. One year at USC and hes a national star.

Schwartz the world junior leader was undefeated for the whole of 2018 in 100m.

Article about Zohri and Indonesian reaction

Did he celebrate with the MoBot?

Zohri continues to improve and impress!

https://mobile.twitter.com/lsabre_Avenger/status/1130015537134800896