Erriyon Knighton is in a horrible mood.
1.5. 10:17 • Updated 1.5. 11:14
American Erriyon Knighton, 18, has run a 200-meter awful 19.49 in Louisiana. 19.49 is a world record for under-20s. The wind in the record run was 1.4 m / s behind.
Knighton goes fourth in all-time statistics. 200 meters have run harder only Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Michael Johnson.
Knighton’s previous record was 19.84. He had previously broken Bolt’s youth world record (19.93).
Knighton is a former American football player. He has been practicing sprinting at full capacity for about three and a half years.
Last summer at the Tokyo Olympics, Knighton finished fourth at 200 meters.