EXPLOSIVE!

[MikeMcMann]

Fastest 7-year-old in the world? Boy leaves track competitors in the dust as he sprints 100M in 13.48 seconds

• Rudolph 'Blaze' Ingram sprinted 100 meters in 13.48 seconds this past weekend
• He beat his personal best of 14.59 seconds last August by 1.5 seconds
• The seven-year-old also dashed 60 meters in 8.69 seconds as seen on Instagram
• Proud father posted online that he might be the fast seven-year-old in the world
• Blaze received As and B grades on his recent report card, it was posted online
• Florida boy is a three-time Amateur Athletic Union winner and budding NFL star
• Footage of him speeding past everyone on the football field went viral
• He now has 300,000 followers on instagram and is a social media influence

 

[ShadBo]

...and athletic.

 

[JabToucher]

PEDs!

 

[supnmunm]

Got the kid on the sauce this early? Future Olympic champ.

 

[Cantona7]

Six months training and he takes Cejudo’s belt...

 

[Iroh]

Impressive.

 

[Ripskater]

A lot of phenom kid athletes burn out or get pushed too hard early.

Or they're phenoms early on, but others catch them later on.

Seems like the really short kids develop earlier than the rest. They get their coordination and explosiveness early. But some of them don't continue to grow and improve while other kids keep growing and they peak later on.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

It kinda looks like a really short man running

 

[DLX]

Nick Sabans probably already knocking on their door.

 

[JinKazama]

hope he ends up well adjusted and doesn't hate his parents over all this

 

[method115]

A lot of phenom kid athletes burn out or get pushed too hard early.

Or they're phenoms early on, but others catch them later on.

Seems like the really short kids develop earlier than the rest. They get their coordination and explosiveness early. But some of them don't continue to grow and improve while other kids keep growing and they peak later on.

Agreed with a lot of this. Hopefully the dad doesn't pressure\push him to hard and leaves plenty of time for him to just be a kid.

 

[Ripskater]

Agreed with a lot of this. Hopefully the dad doesn't pressure\push him to hard and leaves plenty of time for him to just be a kid.

In some ways being a really young phenom is a curse. Once your noticed, you get famous. And then comes all the pressure to perform and stay at the top. All this while they are still kids.

And for the dad, and I am one too, you yourself feel pressure to make sure your son performs up to expectations.

 

[MikeMcMann]

hope he ends up well adjusted and doesn't hate his parents over all this

Running is different than a lot of other athletics at that age.

his advantage now is more likely due to genetics over training. Not that you don't all belong to some track club, but the fastest guys I competed against growing up were fast with or without the training. More than likely he has just developed freakishly early in ways that give him a edge here and it is entriely possible as he grows, hits puberty and other that edge could disappear entirely.

 

[tonysmasseuse]

Amazing. Superior genetics on full display. Looks cool af too, with the dreads.
Hope he can continue to have fun with it and as others have said, also allowed time to just be a child.