The men’s 100m in Tokyo Olympics will see fewer familiar names but a new order of sprinting talent has assembled
This is what we know about the men’s 100m final in Tokyo:
Armed with his three Olympic 100m golds and a seemingly unapproachable world record, Usain Bolt is now happily retired. His twin sons Thunder and St Leo arrived a few weeks ago.
The reigning world champion, Christian Coleman, is banned from competing until November after missing three drug tests in a year.
The track’s great new showman, Noah Lyles, messed up in the US trials, finishing seventh. He won’t be in the 100, though he’s red-hot favourite for the 200.
Father Time finally caught up with Bolt’s perennial nemesis, Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic champion, who will be 40 next year. In the trials final he struggled over the line last, clutching his damaged hamstring.
The spectacle of the most eagerly anticipated event of the Games will be considerably less electric than normal, with no fans allowed into the new Olympic stadium.
