World Athletics Championships - Sprinter clocks 15.66 for 100m
An athlete from American Samoa delighted the crowd at the World Championships in Daegu by taking part in the 100m heats and clocking an extraordinary 15.66 seconds.
Sogelau Tuvalu from the tiny South Pacific nation of American Samoa had originally hoped to go to South Korea to take part in the shot put.
But after failing to qualify for the event, the 17-year-old instead decided to turn his sights to the 100m, and entered the preliminary rounds.
Tuvalu told French TV that he had actually trained four hours a day for a month leading up to the championships.
But it was all to no avail: his reaction time of over a quarter of a second put him on the back foot before he even started, and he eventually crossed the line nearly five seconds behind winner Mohammad Noor Imran A Hadi of Malaysia - whose own time of 10.78 was hardly about to set the world on fire.
Yet Tuvalu refused to be downhearted about finishing so far back - and was even thrilled to have clocked a personal best.
"I believed in myself," he said afterward. "This is a dream come true."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... Who ate all the pies? I think we've found our culprit! Anyone notice how many tims the cameraman pans out trying to keep the phat phucker on screen. Priceless. That makes up for Arsenal losing 8-2
Classic! How many of us can say we recorded a personal best at a World Atheletic Championship. More power to you.
Tracy lighten up baby. You are generalising when you say "sitting on fat backsides". Some of us are active athletes who are not amused by that fat lump "running" the 100.
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bolt got disqualified in the finals this is a heat - so no, he didi not technically beat bolt
PRO!!!
wonderful timing!!1
ALTHOUGH u r the last
YOUR atitude is good!!!
u should feel proud
The title should actually read; "Shotputter clocked 15.66 second in Championship 100".
I love this guys attitude I found it very inspirational and humbling because I know I would be to afraid to grab the bull by the horns the way he has. Oh and the half wits knocking him for being overweight would you prefer he sat on the couch and watched it? He is out there being active and taking part and genuinely seems to love and embrace life. Perhaps like any sane individual deeper than a puddle he realises when it comes to the body function is infinitely more desirable than form.
Fat people cant win with some folks they are criticised for not being active then riducled when they are!
some of you people are sad. You sit on your backsides making comments on a PC about others who are out there in the real world giving it a go. You lot can't even see how ridiculous you look because you are brainwashed into a lazy good for nothing life-style. Go and have a look in the mirror . I bet you won't even see yourself you are so blind.
Is this guy a runner? Absolutely not... Does he believe in the impossible? Aparently so... When he's older he will likely join the top ranks of the motivational speach industry, taking $10k a pop for having a good time. Which is more than I can say for the majority of bloggers who keep getting the raw deal because they take all far too seriously!
faster than me and more bottle go for your dream
What a joke! The only reason he managed to get into the race is because he comes from such a small "nation", what about the thousands in the uk who could never get this kind of chance because we have atheletes?? It makes me laugh all you ppl who say, good on him, he'll change the world, my butt, if I had the chance I'd go too and run a 15sec 100m just so I could say I had been there, as would most ppl. Don't kid yourselves it was an embarassment.
People like this are inspirational and will go far in life ..
unlike the people that sit there criticizing..
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
(Mahatma Gandhi.)
Ah I see Yahoo have changed their article from slagging him off to describing him as "plucky" . You obviously think we are stupid and won't notice. What ypou fail to grasp is that the Broitish people love an underdog!
Technically he beat Bolt. Enough said.
That's a good attempt, more practice will definitely get him there. Remember "Winners never quit" keep on.
Thats the athelet spirit, never give up, fast or slow to the finish line we go ... brilliant as well ... droped off from one ... pick up another ... all the best in future endouver ..
Yawn, past my bedtime...
Ha! I did it in 9 seconds the other day, what's all the fuss about?
15.66 is quick enough!!!!
"How many people making wise cracks about this guy could do 100 meters in 15.66 seconds? Well done to him, I say."
the average 15 year old male at school in the UK clocks about 13.5 secs.
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