Two world records could be in danger at the Ostrava Golden Spike, with the 150m under threat from Noah Lyles and Gout Gout, while Mohamed Attaoui chases the WR in the 1000m. Read on for our full preview.
The Athletics Gold Series continues tomorrow on the 16th of June with the sold out Ostrava Golden Spike. This year's event promises to be a banger, as the Czech crowd could have the opportunity to witness two different World Records!
First in danger will be
Usain Bolt's 150m World Record 14.35, courtesy of the in-form duo of
Noah Lyles (USA) and Australia's teen sensation
Gout Gout (AUS). This will be the duo's first ever head-to-head race, although the pair have previously enjoyed practicing together.
Lyles' personal best of 14.41 in 2024 comes just an inch away from Bolt's WR, and the reigning Olympic- and World Champion recently showed his class in Rome, taking victory in the
Diamond League 100m with a time of 9,88. Gout on the other hand shocked the world in April, running the 200m in 19,67 to enter the world's sprinting elite in just one race.
Beating out Bolt for a World Record has so far proved impossible on all distances, and added to that the track presents Lyles and Gout with a problem. Bolt's 150m WR was ran on a track without a bend, and this season World Leading time of 14,92 spells trouble for the duo's attempt. They can though find solace in the WR's awful conditions thanks to good old wet Britain.
You can watch Bolt's rainy World Record on Manchester's special city center track below. Ostrava's weather forecast for tomorrow is sunny.
Meanwhile, Spain's
Mohamed Attaoui has his sights set on the 1000m World Record, which his PB is only 29 hundredths of a second behind. Attaoui ran his time of 2:12.25 in Germany last year, while he also broke the European record during the indoor season with a time of 2:14.52.
Brit
Sebastian Coe's European record is just 7 hundredths from the Spaniard's personal best, so the crowd in Ostrava is definitely in with a chance of witnessing history. Kenyan
Noah Ngeny has held the World Record since 1999, but that could all end on Tuesday night in the Czech Republic.
Other shining stars in Ostrava include
Rumesh Taranga Pathirage who recently hurled his javelin to 92,62m, 2020 Olympic high jump champ
Gianmarco Tamberi, 100m hurdles specialists
Nadine Visser and
Devynne Charlton along with pole vaulters
Emmanouil Karalis and
Katie Moon.
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