Usain Bolt's 200m world record broken
By Neelajit Sarkar
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Earlier this week, Usain Bolt's junior record of 18 years in a 200m race has finally been breached
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Erriyon Knighton, a 17-year-old track athlete won the 200m race in Jacksonville after running in 20.11 seconds
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Who just edge past Usain Bolt's junior record of 20.13 seconds from 2003
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He even beat, American Trayvon Bromell, who is favorite to win the 100m at the Olympics
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Erriyon, a student of Tampa Hillsborough High School qualified for the upcoming Olympic trials
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He'll be the youngest athlete to qualify since 1964
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According to NBC Sports, Knighton's 200m time places him 13th among Americans since 2019, and seventh since the start of 2021
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The top three times at the qualifier will make the Olympic team
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Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, and Terrance Laird have the three fastest 200m times in the world since the start of 2020
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