What Happened To The Fastest Boys In History? (100m ages 7-19)

Trayvon Bromell, Nyckoles Harbor, Puripol Boonson, Willie Washington & Yoshide Kiryu are just some of the names who hold age group 100m world records.

But what happened to them after the hype? After all the 'next Usain Bolt' talk?

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Age 6, 7, 8 & 9
01:14 - Age 10 & 11
01:58 - Age 12
02:38 - Age 13
03:29 - Age 14 & 15
04:06 - Age 16
04:53 - Age 17
05:57 - Age 18 & 19

[PrimeSuperboy]

"vanished into normality" what an interesting turn of phrase.

[HkFinn]

Most of the youth records are held by kids who were fully matured at a very young age.

[galimbertino]

you forgot to mention Gonzalo Arrubia, run a 11.27 at age of 49. I think he is definitively a good prospect for the future.

[ninamatthews]

That first Japanese kid just left straight dust to the other boys. That was crazy, 😂

[TotalRunningProductions]

Thanks for the shout out concerning Nyckoles Harbor! The kid is a legend. Loved the video by the way. Always entertaining to highlight young kids running fast. Keep up the great content!

[scottrichardson]

Very common to see very fast teenagers who top-out early then fade away. I know this because I too, was a very successful youth athlete. I was ranked in the top 8 in the world as a junior at one point, with a windy 10.38 and legal 10.40's at age 17, 18, 19 etc... But the demands of normal life, work, family etc ensured I couldn't put the focus and efforts in as needed to stay at my best. I did make a comeback at age 29 and hit some 10.50's and into my early 30's but we never the same as when I was 17-20 years old.

[sachinuchil]

This is one of the best track videos on YouTube !
Loved every hundredth second of it !

[MichaelRunz]

you deserve to be viral bro, one of my favourite watches in a while

[danielfreeman]

This is one of the best videos ever, so interesting. Thank you

[richardsharp]

I was the 1987 boys U12 South African 100m champion with a time of 12.3. This vid is not good for my ego hahaha

[dpw]

This was a great idea well executed. I love trivia and I love track & field. That Thai 16 year-old running 10.09 is exciting and I hope he progresses well. I love when Asians do well in sprinting and they always crank out efficient 4x1 relay teams and both China and Japan have won Worlds or Oly relay medals. I read (in a 1972 Sports Illustrated) the Thai 100 record in 1972 was 10.0 by Anat Ratanapol but his Wikipedia page says his PR is 10.1. This is the only update from that record I've ever heard. I think those are the only two world-class Thai sprinters I heard of.

[kermitzefrog]

This was a super interesting and well made video. Especially for someone with only 65 subs. Great stuff keep it up

[martinh]

Hey Thanks Jumpman great vid, very interesting to see these dudes competing in their prime. Willie seems to have gone through puberty at 7!! Interesting to see the ceiling for Puripol!

[JumpmanTF]

Asinga has now broken the age 18 record with a time of 9.89. (edit 2)

Seen a lot of Tobogo and Asinga comments, Tobogo was 19 when he ran 9.91 and Issam Asinga hasn't run a wind legal sub 10 YET! So these other records still stand as of today. (Edit 1)

[SilencedButNotForgotten]

Great and informative video! Something that was missing in sprinting! Thank you! ❤

[Ben]

andre cason who was a 100m phenom for usa back in the days is living and coaching in Thailand now for their national team, maybe boonson is getting some real good coaching from him

[stansmith]

Great video, nice job on the compilation 👍

[sitasin]

Super interesting idea, those international age records are really interesting statistics but so many incredible junior athletes just drop off the map, I have wondered what happened to a lot of them. I'd be curious for other events and girls as well

[bradreid]

Good and informative video. There are several things "in play" here. For the younger sprinter age groups, one often sees the field divided by puberty. And even after most kids have entered puberty, the length of their growth cycle matters where larger people tend to continue growing over longer time spans. Anyway, we all have seen the "men among boys" featured in sporting events. Just typically speaking and broadly across most sports, precocious athletes most often peak early. This is true in weightlifting in classes where bodyweights are limited; true, too, in pro football where star running backs coming in to the NFL are often as good (yards per carry) as they will ever be within a year or so. One last comment that the more "skill" a sport has, the longer the potential to increase performance exists.

[CapslockActive]

great video, keep on going your channel is going to explode