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Justin Gatlin believes Letsile Tebogo’s slow 100m start is part of his training progression and expects him to peak later in the season.
American sprint legend Justin Gatlin has jumped to Letsile Tebogo’s defence following his 100m performance at the Diamond League Meeting in Xiamen.
Letsile Tebogo could only afford a seventh-place finish in a time of 10.20 seconds in the race won by Akani Simbine, who once again clocked under 10 seconds, 9.99 seconds to cross the finish line.
The reigning Olympic 200m champion has been dominant in the 400m and 200m, and fans expected him to also show up in the 100m, but the case was different.
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He opened his season with the 400m at the BAA Track And Field Series 2, where he finished second before winning the race at the ACNW League 6. Letsile Tebogo then finished second at the ASA Athletics Grand Prix 1 as well as the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne.
In his first 200m of the season at the Botswana Golden Grand Prix, Letsile Tebogo was dominant as he claimed the win in 20.23 seconds.
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His performance at the Diamond League Meeting in Xiamen has gotten fans talking, but Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic champion, is not worried.
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Justin Gatlin pointed out that Tebogo’s body is slowly adjusting to competing in the 200m and 400m, and building up endurance, and now it has to get used to also implementing speed.
He revealed that, having competed in a series of 400m races at the start of the season, his body will automatically take some time before getting to the speed endurance level.
“When you look at Letsile Tebogo, you can tell he is in a kind of 200m/400m kind of system, so he is still in the endurance form, peaking into that endurance phase,” Justin Gatlin said on an episode of the Ready Set Go podcast.
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“So, he’s doing the 400m and 200m very well and is kind of rounding into his season, so to watch him go out there and run 10.2/10.3 whatever like that, I'm not too worried about Tebogo.”
Letsile Tebogo will be fine
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Justin Gatlin added that Letsile Tebogo will come around when the time is right, and the fact that Fred Kerley also had a slow start to his season should not be alarming.
At the Grand Slam Track, Fred Kerley finished seventh in the 100m, crossing the finish line in 10.30 seconds, and Justin Gatlin noted that he is in 200m/400m shape, but he will slowly get faster.
Gatlin also pointed out that the season is still young and there should be no cause for alarm, revealing that they will both be ready by the time the World Championships come.
“He’s going to show up when it’s time to show up, a lot of people are scratching their heads, saying, ‘Is this the post-Olympic blues for a lot of these athletes’, I don’t think so, I just think it’s all by design,” Justin Gatlin said.
“Like you said earlier, like Fred, he did not look good at the Grand Slam but we both know that they are in 400m shape and they will trickle down when it comes to their events at the trials.”
Justin Gatlin has defended Letsile Tebogo’s slow 100m start, assuring fans the sprinter is still transitioning from endurance to speed and will peak later in the season.
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