News22 Jul 2010


Lee creates history in Moncton

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Dexter Lee celebrates his gold medal in the 100m (© Getty Images)

MONCTON, Canada After winning the World Youth Championships 100m in 2007 in Ostrava and the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland a year later, Jamaica’s Dexter Lee came into the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships here in Moncton as one of the favorites.

No man had ever won back to back100m titles and after he stumbled in the semifinals on Wednesday, questions were raised as to whether here would be one.

Despite being drawn in lane seven after running just 10.66 seconds, the quiet Jamaican with the loud resume of titles made no mistakes as he charged out of the blocks and across the line 10.21 seconds later and into history.

Not one to show much emotion, Lee grabbed a big Jamaican flag and raced across the track with a broad grin on his face.

Earlier in the week at the IAAF/LOC press conference Lee had declared that he came or win and fast times or records were not as important as the gold around his neck.

Wednesday night with the win, Lee said he “felt good and accomplished what I came for.”

The race plan he said was a simple one, “get to the lead and stay there and even with American Charles Silmon two lanes to his left and Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut in lane three coming at him hard at the end, Lee held on, and as they say the rest is history.

But his work is not done as come Thursday morning he start a quest for a fourth individual medal, in the 200m and will run two rounds.

Can he medal there as well, “we will see” was all he would venture.

Paul Reid for the IAAF

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