Breaking news : ‘No disrespect to anyone but I defeated myself’ – Kishane Thompson disagrees with Fred Kerley on who deserved to clinch Olympic 100m gold

 

 

Jamaican sprint star Kishane Thompson has firmly rebuffed statements from American sprinter Fred Kerley, who recently suggested that no one but he deserved the gold medal in the men’s 100-meter dash final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

 

The tightly contested race saw Noah Lyles clinch gold with a stellar time of 9.79 seconds, edging out Thompson by mere milliseconds as they both clocked the same time.

Kerley, the 2022 world champion and former Olympic silver medalist, settled for third with a time of 9.81 seconds after a costly transition misstep

 

Fred Kerley had been working around the clock before the Olympic Games and he was sure of getting the win, however, a slight misstep in his transition cost him a win. The race was won by Noah Lyles who clocked a stunning 9.79 seconds, milliseconds ahead of Kishane Thompson who clocked 9.79 seconds

 

The 2022 world champion and former Olympic 100m silver medallist was forced to round up the podium in 9.81 seconds. In an interview on the Ready Set Go podcast, Fred Kerley pointed out that he had a great start from the blocks and was already doing well before things switched up on him as he was accelerating, forcing him to now become the chaser despite starting out nicely.