Bromell blasted to 9”77 on July, 10th at a meeting in Miramar, Florida. A few weeks later the 26 year old American favourite couldn’t make it to the Olympic 100m Final that he missed out by a few thousands of a second. Bromell can seek revenge on the fast track in Brussels and show that he is the 7th all time fastest sprinter on earth. Bromell also registered 9”80 and 9”88 this year to prove his consistency. Bromell is not a new kid on the block : in 2016 he became the 60m World Indoor Champion and in 2015 he already took 100m bronze at the World Championships in Beijing.
In Brussels Bromell faces a strong challenge from his compatriot Fred Kerley. Kerley is also in the form of his life and already set a personal best of 9”84 this year. That earned him a silver medal in the Olympic 100m, his first major success on the distance. Kerley has been competing in the 400m in recent years. He won bronze at the World Championships in Doha in 2019 in the 400m and gold with the USA in the 4x400m relay. Kerley is the 33rd Olympic medalist from Tokyo who has now signed up to compete at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme.
33 TOKYO OLYMPIC MEDALISTS IN BRUSSELS :
• Elaine Thompson (gold 100 meter, gold 200 meter, gold 4x100 meter)
• Sifan Hassan (gold 5000 meter, gold 10.000 meter, bronze 1500 meter)
• Nafi Thiam (gold Heptathlon; competes in the High Jump in Brussels)
• Mariya Lasitskene (gold High Jump)
• Nicola McDermott (silver High Jump)
• Yaroslava Mahuchikh (bronze High Jump)
• Mondo Duplantis (gold Pole Vault)
• Chris Nilsen (silver Pole Vault)
• Karsten Warholm (gold 400 meter Hurdles)
• Alison dos Santos (bronze 400 meter Hurdles)
• Jakob Ingebrigtsen (gold 1500 meter)
• Daniel Stahl (gold Discus Throw)
• Simon Petterson (silver Discus Throw)
• Lukas Weisshaidinger (bronze Discus Throw)
• Valarie Allman (gold in Discus Throw)
• Kristin Pudenz (silver in Discus Throw)
• Yaime Perez (bronze in Discus Throw)
• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (gold 100 meter Hurdles)
• Megan Tapper (bronze 100 meter Hurdles)
• Shericka Jackson (gold 4x100 meter, bronze 100 meter, bronze 4x400 meter; competes in 200 meter in Brussels)
• Dina Asher-Smith (bronze in 4x100 meter; competes in 200 meter in Brussels)
• Keely Hodgkinson (silver 800 meter)
• Laura Muir (silver 1500 meter; competes in 800 meter in Brussels)
• Hellen Obiri (silver 5000 meter)
• Letensebet Gidey (bronze 10.000 meter; competes in 5000 meter in Brussels)
• Kirani James (bronze 400 meter)
• Fred Kerley (silver 100 meter)
