Erriyon Knighton, who last year at age 17 broke Usain Bolt junior sprint records, shattered his own U20 record in the 200m.
Highlights
- Erriyon Knighton broke Usain Bolt junior sprint records last year at age 17.
- Knighton clocked 19.49 seconds in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the world’s fastest time since the 2012 Olympics.
- His time is the second-fastest 200m ever recorded by an American after Michael Johnson’s then-world record 19.32 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
- He turned professional last year as a Florida high school junior as a professional sprinter last summer, running 19.84 seconds in Eugene, Oregon.
- He is the youngest U.S.
- male track and field Olympian since miler Jim Ryun in 1964.