I went to watch the race, and YouTube immediately shoots me over to this video.
That's the Texas 6A High School 100M Championship Final for the 2024-25 school year. Just look at the top 5 finishing times, holy shit. These are wind legal:
- 9.92s
- 10.01s
- 10.16s
- 10.17s
- 10.18s
That's
high school boys. Just one state. There are only 27 nations in the world (not counting the USA) with a national record faster than the winning time, LMFAO. By the time you're down to the 114th nation, Paraguay, their fastest runner in history couldn't even cut it to make 5th place. In a high school state meet.
Hell, even counting the USA, only 8 nations produced a runner with a faster time last year than the winning time in this race, and last year was an
Olympic year. This is the level of talent you encounter in USA A-level athlete sports. It's just not fair.