The world was surprised by the record. A 16-year-old high school student broke the world's surprise U18 at 100m, 10 seconds...The goal is to enter the 9th second range

Jul 27, 2025

The world was surprised by the record. A 16-year-old high school student broke the world's surprise U18 at 100m, 10 seconds...The goal is to enter the 9th second range



The world was surprised by the record. A 16-year-old high school student broke the world's surprise U18 at 100m, 10 seconds...The goal is to enter the 9th second range
The world was surprised by the record. A 16-year-old high school student broke the world's surprise U18 at 100m, 10 seconds...The goal is to enter the 9th second range
'A 16-year-old athlete ran (100m) in 10 seconds!!!!!'.

On the 26th (local time), Trans & Field Gazeta, which deals with the news of track and field, expressed surprise at the sight of Shimizu Sorato (16, Seirogo), a second-year high school student from Japan, achieving a tremendous record in his country's competition.

Shimizu, born in 2009, shocked the Japanese track and field world by winning the men's 100m final with a time of 10 seconds at the Japan High School Athletics Championships held in Hotstuff Field, Hiroshima, Japan. Foreigners also rushed to deal with the news of the emergence of Usain Bolt in Japan.




Shimizu, who had a good start, burst his acceleration from the middle like track legend Usain Bolt, was the first to break the finish line, then clenched his fist and jumped up and down. Local media reported that applause and cheers poured out of the stadium.

Shimizu, wearing a yellow uniform, recorded 9.995 seconds with the organizers' tongs, but the official record was 10 seconds. The previous personal record was 10.19 seconds set in the preliminary round of the national competition on the 4th.

As a result, Yoshihide Kiryu shortened his 2013 record of 10.01 seconds by 0.01 seconds in 12 years, setting a new Japanese high school record and a new world U-18 record. In 2023, he surpassed the record of 10.06 seconds set jointly by Christian Müller of the U.S. and Freeball Bunson of Thailand.




He also passed the qualifying standard (10 seconds) for the IAAF World Championships in Tokyo in September, the fifth fastest record among Japanese athletes ever. There is also a possibility that he will be selected for the national team depending on the world ranking and other players' trends.

Shimizu said in a post-match broadcast interview "I was surprised, too. I'm happy to break the 10.0.1 record. I was able to set this record because I was under tremendous pressure in the last group. It's like I wrote a legend," he said in an excited speech.

The goal in the future is to set a record of 9 seconds before graduating from high school, he said.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.