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Christian COLEMAN - U.S.A. - Two silver medals at 2017 World Championships

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 04 August 2017

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 06 March 1996
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Atlanta, U.S.A.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • U.S.A.
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Christian COLEMAN - U.S.A. - Two silver medals at 2017 World Championships

Christian Coleman is pictured above during the heats of the men's 100 metres at the
London World Championships. He won the first heat in 10.01 and the third semi-final in 9.97,
in which he beat Usain Bolt (9.98).
As history would show he also beat the great Jamaican in the final.


Christian Coleman broke the 20-year-old 60m indoor world record when he ran 6.34 seconds
at the US Indoor Championships, in New Mexico on 19th. February 2018.
His mark beat the previous record of 6.39 set twice by fellow American Maurice Greene,
in 1998 and 2001.


2017 World Athletics Championship.
London Olympic Stadium, England


Men's 100 metres Final.

 1.   GATLIN  Justin  USA  9.92 WMR
 2.   COLEMAN  Christian  USA  9.94  
 3.   BOLT  Usain  JAM  9.95  SB
 4.   BLAKE  Yohan  JAM  9.99  
 5.   SIMBINE  Akani  RSA  10.01  
 6.   VICAUT  Jimmy  FRA  10.08  
 7.   PRESCOD   Reece  GBR  10.17
 8.   BINGTAIN   Su  CHN  10.27





2017 World Championships. Men's 4x100 metres final.


 1. Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake

GBR 37.47
 2. Mike Rodgers
Justin Gatlin
Jaylen Bacon
Christian Coleman

USA 37.52
 3. Shuhei Tada
Shota Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryu
Kenji Fujimitsu
JAP 38.04



A disappointed Christian Coleman looks up at the Stadium screen to see that he
and the US team have just lost the Gold medal to Great Britain. The runner
behind him is the 200 metres Champion Turkey's Ramil Guliyev.