Also, Combest was looked at as a great 60m hope, whereas Matt Bruno was looked at as the 100m hope. Pickering and lemaitre are the most famous from a young age along with Shirvo. Now Guliyev is in the mix. Watch out for fabio cerutti too.
Bruno was afforded every opportunity to run fast (he went to UCLA, warm weather, good coaching, etc) and move on to the elite level but to the best of my knowledge he has not run faster than 10.45. And you know what? He’s still running…apparently all the haters and discouragers must not have gotten to him yet). That kinda blows a hole in the argument about what would happen if the white guys just continued…
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