Yohan Blake reveals plans of competing at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow

Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake reveals plans of competing at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow

Funmilayo Fameso 15:08 - 24.01.2024

Second-fastest man in history Yohan Blake will make a return to run indoors since 2008 and plans to compete at the World Indoor Championships.

Former world champion Yohan Blake has revealed his plans to compete at the world indoor championships in Glasgow.

Blake, who last competed indoors in 2008, where he ran 6.75s at an indoor meet in New York, stated his intentions of running indoor meets this season.

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Yohan Blake at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu.

"World indoors, here I come! I can't wait to run the 60 meters; it should be interesting to run indoors." #godisgood #optimistic #mindset," tweeted Blake on his X page.

The second-fastest man in history in both the 100m and 200m has had a difficult injury-plagued past few years, which has seen him not stay consistent in his quest for more titles.

Despite being a two-time Olympic and world champion, he couldn't make the Jamaican team to major championships since 2022, when he competed at the World Championship in Eugene.

With the Paris Olympics taking place this summer, Blake will be gunning to turn his fortunes around by making the Jamaican team - his fourth consecutive appearance at the Games. 

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But to do this, the 34-year-old will hope competing in the indoor season will be a perfect start to actualizing this dream.

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