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American legend Michael Johnson has thrown a challenge to African sprinters Ferdinand Omanyala, Letsile Tebogo and Akani Simbine to bring their ‘A’ game at the Paris Olympics.
American sprint great Michael Johnson believes the US have enough quality to get two sprinters on the podium at the Paris 2024 Olympics but is not sure about what Africa can bring.
Johnson feels Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley give the US a good chance of having multiple medalists in the 100m due to their championship experience while he has not ruled out Jamaicans Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville but is not sure about what Ferdinand Omanyala, Letsile Tebogo and Akani Simbine can manage.
“US has 2 World Champs: Noah and Fred. Kenny has deep championship experience at 200 and running well at 100. Jamaica could also. Kishane running like a beast right now but don’t sleep on Oblique. 4th in the last two WCH (World Championships) finals! Question is can Africa put two on the podium?”
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Of Africa’s leading trio of Omanyala, Tebogo and Simbine, it is the Botswanan who came up trumps at the 2023 World Championships when he won silver behind Lyles in 100m before claiming bronze in 200m.
He has had an indifferent season but is among those to watch in Paris while Africa’s fastest man Omanyala currently has the world’s second fastest time of 9.79 recorded in Nairobi in June.
Omanyala cracked when it mattered most last year, finishing seventh at the Worlds, but has been more modest this year, choosing not to divulge much while cutting down on the number of events to feature in.
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Meanwhile, Simbine has been in great form but suffered his first 100m loss of the season at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Hungary on Tuesday when Thompson won in 9.91 followed by Tebogo (9.99) with the South African completing the podium in 10.01.
Johnson’s question is a major challenge to the African sprinters and it could also act as motivation for them heading to the Olympics.
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