Bouwahjgie_Nkrumie

Bouwahjgie Nkrumie

Bouwahjgie Nkrumie

Jamaican athlete

Bouwahjgie Nkrumie (born 16 February 2004) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He is the Jamaican U20 men's 100m record holder and the World Under-20 100m silver medallist.

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Early life

Nkrumie is from Black River in St. Elizabeth Parish.[1] He attended Kingston College, Jamaica.[2]

Career

In April 2022, Nkrumie ran a new personal best time of 10.28s to win silver in the under-20 100 metres at the 2022 CARIFTA Games.[3] At the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in August 2022, Nkrumie was a double silver medallist. He finished second in the 100m, running a new national junior record time of 10.02.[4] He later also won silver as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team.[5]

On 29 March 2023 at the ISSA Boy’s and Girl’s Championship, he ran a new personal best of 9.99s for the 100m at the national stadium in Kingston.[6] This made him the first Jamaican junior in history to run under 10 seconds. He also became only the third junior in history to break the 10-second barrier, after Letsile Tebogo (9.91s) in 2022 and Trayvon Bromell (9.97s) in 2014.[7][8] Speaking after the event Nkrumie said that despite the time he had not executed his technique perfectly and felt he could go faster.[9]

Personal life

He is nicknamed “Dr Speed”.[10][11]

References

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    Reid, Paul. "Nkrumie eyes World Championships spot". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    "KC's Bouwahjgie Nkrumie breaks Champs 100m record in semi-finals". Jamaica.loopnews. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    Williams, Melton (16 April 2022). "Tina Clayton, DeAndre Daley strike gold in 100m at Carifta Games". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    Jacks, Bradley (2 August 2022). "Nkrumie runs spectacular 10.02 for 100m silver at World U-20 Championships". Sport Max. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    "J'can athletes sizzle in Cali". Jamaica Observer. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    Smith, Racquel (29 March 2023). "Record Run: Bouwahjgie Nkrumie runs 9.99secs at Champs 2023; Alana Reid goes 10.92secs". World-track. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    Gates, Zachary (30 March 2023). "Teen Jamaican sprint sensation does what Usain Bolt never did". nine.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    Grassley, Todd (30 March 2023). "BOUWAHJGIE NKRUMIE, ALANA REID NEXT UP FOR JAMAICA AFTER SENSATIONAL 100S AT CHAMPS". Runnerspace.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. [9]
    Burnett, Ian (31 March 2023). "Nkrumie elated with historic 100m record despite imperfect execution". Retrieved 31 March 2023.
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    "Dr Speed dips below 10 seconds to claim Champs title". Jamaican Gleaner. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  11. [11]
    "'Dr Speed' - KC's Nkrumie storms to Champs first sub-10 clocking". Jamaica Observer. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.


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