Opportunity for “Bua Phuripol” to win a medal in the 100-meter run at the World Youth Athletics

Bew' Phuripol Boon-son has advanced to the final round of the men's 100-meter race at the U20 World Athletics Championships. Analyze the chances of becoming the first Thai to win a medal from this event. This is the second short-distance race for "Biew" Phuripol Boonson, the 18-year-old rising star sprinter, who has competed in the World Youth Athletics Championships under 20 years old. Two years ago in Colombia, Biew, at the age of 16, carried his age to measure his speed with senior athletes and was able to finish 4th in the 100-meter race. But after gaining experience for 2 years, "Biew" Phuripol, who created a performance to win a silver medal in the 2022 Asian Games 100-meter race. Back again in the World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024 at Estadio Atletico de la Videna, Lima, Peru and competed in the first event, the men's 100m semi-finals. "Bua" Phuripol Boonson in the blue jersey, Track 5, crossed the finish line first in the second heat with a time of 10.30 seconds, beating Bradley Nkoana from So uth Africa, who just won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics in the men's 4x100m relay with a photo after crossing the finish line with a time of 10.30 seconds as well. The young Thai sprinter beat Nkoana by just 0.001 seconds. In addition, the 10.30 seconds record in all 3 heats in the semi-finals made "Bew" have the best record among the 8 runners who made it to the final round. 1st place: Bew, 2nd place: Nkoana from South Africa, 3rd place: Bayanda Valasa (South Africa), 10.33 seconds, 4th place: Deandre Daley (Jamaica), 10.34 seconds, 5th place: Teddy Wilson (Great Britain), 10.35 seconds, 6th place: He Jinjia (China), 10.36 seconds, 7th place: Gary Gard (Jamaica), 10.39 seconds, and 8th place: Naoki Nishioka (Japan), 10.43 seconds. However, if we analyze the best personal statistics of each person who made it to the finals of this event, including the best statistics this year or season best, Bu is still inferior to 3 athletes. The best statistics this year are: Bradley Nkoana (South Africa) This year 's record is 10.03 seconds. He Jinjia (China) This year's record is 10.06 seconds. Gary Card (Jamaica) This year's record is 10.07 seconds. Phuripol Boon-Son (Thailand) best time (PB) 10.06 seconds, this year's record is 4th at 10.08 seconds. The men's 100m final will take place tomorrow morning (August 29) at 06.47 a.m. Thailand time. Come support Bu Phuripol so he can become the first Thai athlete to win a medal in the U20 World Championships. Source: Thai News Agency