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 David Bolarinwa

 U-17 Men           100/200m          International level

The country's fastest 15-year-old in 2009 summer finished second in the World Schools Championships in Qatar in December. With a best time of 10.71, David produced 10.76 off almost no speed work in the latter event, and is beginning to match some of his senior peers stride for stride in training. Without doubt, one who will hog headlines in the future.

Described by coach John Powell as one of the biggest talents he has coached with a golden future, but one who has a massive amount to learn about the sport in a very short pace of time.

David Bolarinwa became the leading teenage sprinter in Europe after two scintillating performances in the European Youth Olympic Trials in Moscow. His winning 10.68s 100 metres performance saw him immediately qualify for the world youth Olympics in Singapore in August, and his 21.49 effort that earned silver in the 200m clinched silver in the Moscow final.

As if this was not enough, he went on to win the under-20 England 100m Championship in an incredible 10.47 seconds, leaving him ranked second under-18 in the world at the time (19/6/10). He also took third in the 200m the same weekend with 21.17 seconds, leaving him third and fifth on the British all-time lists respectively.

Read about David Bolarinwa  in the world youth Olympics in Singapore here

World Youth Olympics 2010 Visit the power of 10 pagefor this athlete

Nike, supporting TS1 sprinter David Bolarinwa. Nike web site

Event	PB	2007	2008	2009	2010
60	6.81i				6.81i
100	10.39	12.0	11.16/11.11w	10.71	10.39
150	16.33			16.33
200	21.17		23.1	23.05/22.4/22.04w	21.17
DTU17M	22.74			22.74
DTU15M	27.38			27.38