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Yohan Blake
Yohan Blake (born December 26, 1989) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the current world champion over 100 m and a silver medalist at the2012 Olympics in London.
Blake's 100 m personal best of 9.75 seconds makes him the fourth fastest man ever, after Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell. His personal best for the 200 m (19.26seconds) is the second fastest ever after Bolt. He holds the national junior record for the 100 meters, and is the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier (at 19 years, 196 days).
He iscoached by Glen Mills. His training partners are Bolt and Daniel
Bailey.[Born in St. James, Jamaica, Blake is the son of Veda and Shirley Blake. He attended St. Jago High School in Spanish Town wherehis first sporting love was cricket. Blake was a fast bowler, and it was only after the school principal saw how quickly he ran to the wicket that he was urged to try sprinting.
Blake set the fastesttime by a Jamaican junior sprinter over 100 m with 10.11 seconds. The record was set at the 2007 CARIFTA Games held in the Turks and Caicos islands where he also led his team to gold in the 4 × 100meters relay. At this occasion, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 2007 CARIFTA Games.
Blake won the 100 meters "B" race at the 2009 Reebok Grand Prix.His exploits at the Golden Gala in July represented a significant improvement. He proved himself to be a serious competitor at the senior level: he took third place behind Tyson Gay and Asafa Powelland improved his personal best with a 10-second barrier-breaking run of 9.96 seconds, becoming the youngest athlete ever to do so. He improved to 9.93 seconds shortly after, taking third place behindtraining partners Bolt and Daniel Bailey at the Meeting Areva.
Prior to the 2009 World Championships, Blake (along with Marvin Anderson and Sheri-Ann Brooks) tested positive for the stimulant...
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