Can Jamaica Win a 100m Medal Again? | The Current State of the Men’s 100m Dash Part 3

Can a the Jamaican men finally return to the podium and win 100m Gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France this summer?
Since Usain Bolt Retired in 2017, the men’s 100m dash has become completely wide open with a different 100m Dash Champion at every Major Championships since then. As we now look towards the Paris 2024 Olympics, there are a bunch of contenders all vying for the Gold medal this summer. In Part 3, we discuss Oblique Seville, Ackeem Blake, Kishane Thompson and other Jamaican men who have the potential to win the first 100m medal for Jamaica since Usain Bolt retired.
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⏰Video Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:34 Oblique Seville
05:46 Ackeem Blake
09:57 Kishane Thompson
15:03 Watson, Forde & Yohan Blake
17:31 Outro
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About: This video is about the potential of Jamaican men in the 100m Dash ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris France

[@OnyaMarx-ve1xe]

The talent in Jamaica is just insane. It’s all brewing… They are definitely a sleeper for a medal in Paris even in the 4×100 M.

[@LIVINGSTONE540]

...HOPEFULLY!

[@TheErinBrownTV]

Glad to see how fast you're growing. Keep it up

[@robws007]

Great episode... glad to see your KZbin endeavours are providing you with a travel budget!

[@fdmtearn9784]

Good work! Good showcase for those upcoming talents

[@BlackAfrikan]

Good work. Always some of the best breakdowns and analysis.

[@jerryjackson7727]

Bro ur analysis are greatly on point keep it Up

[@kennethwoods6525]

No matter what happens in the 100 meters, the 4 X 100 is going to be LIT! 🔥

[@TheFinalLeg]

Agreed, Jamaica got back on the podium last year in Budapest and with their young but fast squad, they will be a force in the relay this year as well

[@gideonmushure9446]

Probably the same medallists from Budapest are gonna take it again in Paris with Canada and great britain being potential contenders as well

[@LIVINGSTONE540]

...We'll see; surely...there's the potential.😊

[@travelwithsere]

Commented on this video about 1 month ago. 2 more young jamaican sprinters have been making waves the last month who weren't talked about making the Jamaican team . Julian Forte and Sandrey Davison -need to keep an eye on those 2 (both very young)

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@travelwithsere Julian is actually 31 years old with his PB of 9.91 from back in 2017. He ran 9.99 last year, but he is a long shot to make noise globally unless he not only drops his PB but also gets more consistent. He had like 3 DQ races last year! Also, he has only made one individual team which was in 2017, but no other teams since then Sandrey is one to watch likely in the future, but we'll see if he is able to drop his PB from 10.15 (run earlier this year) into the 9.9s to be competitive with the top guys for sure!

[@apoloniuskemahs9394]

Oblique and Letsile are the next generation of world champions.

[@IdreesSawula]

Even kishane thompson

[@KoolKaiser]

Good video bro. Well done.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Appreciate you bro!

[@filmexpert4360]

I really appreciate your content man. Amazing video once again, you never disappoint. I am following your channel since 2019 when you did the 2019 WCH doha recap each day. I am from the Netherlands, and would love to see a video about Lieke Klaver who just keeps on improving despite being in the shadow of her countrywoman Bol. Would really love to see some content about Lieke’s chances in Tokyo and the female Dutch relay squad.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Thanks for watching for so many years!! I do have plans to dive into the women's 400m and I think Klaver is a serious medal threat. Especially after indoors when she got silver and she ran 50.26 on the leadoff leg of the relay! She is going to make a lot of noise outoodrs!

[@AllInTheGame01]

The improvement that Klaver, Kaczmarek & Sada Williams have all made over the last 3yrs & especially since Budapest will be interesting to track in the lead up to Paris as that trio have their own mini rivalry/competition going on before you even add the likes of Naser, Britton, Rhasidat, Paulino & hopefully Shaunae to the conversation. Even if Syd only runs the 400mH in Paris, the W400m has the potential to be great if all those other women are in the event!

[@evertonmead2867]

Linford Christie, Ben Johnson and Donovan Bailey are Jamaicans. Don't you ever forget that.

[@rogerhinds6583]

Have they ever represented jamaica in sprinting

[@EthanSolomon-hh9uc]

Christie and Johnson were drug cheats.

[@jonathonspear9551]

Great expose’ on the possibilities for the Jamaican male sprinters 👍🏽

[@solomoncooper6491]

Loving this in depth series bro definitely keep up this level of content quality.

[@audreydavis45]

During the era of Bolt, Powell, Blake, Frater, Carter, Ashmeade, etc., a lot of the young sprinters lost interest in track because they thought it would have been futile trying to get on the team, as it was always the same persons making the team year in year out. In fact, quite a few male athletes started representating other nations such as Bahrain and Turkey because they just could not get on the 🇯🇲 team. It has taken some time for a new crop of athletes to emerge but I really do think that the resurgence has now begun.

[@Themanuscript250]

Interesting perspective 🤔

[@dajosco115]

England

[@saisila6694]

WELL THAT'S A FACT BRO . THAT'S CLEAR SUMMING UP .

[@LIVINGSTONE540]

...Sounds satisfyingly good.

[@LIVINGSTONE540]

...He eliminated many more of Jamaica's great sprinters: Arthur Wint, Herb McEnley, George Rhoden ...

[@catherinegreen1152]

@Final Leg you have your things together - I love the analysis; you're realistic as you account for performances. Excellent job - Thanks for putting Yohan Blake in the picture - He'll do a PB for the trials and maintain his form for a mouth watering 9 men 100M final in Paris. Wow - love to see him bow with a ware of any kind - Second fastest man!!! Tell him to cut the past move in front and see himself FIRST at the finish line.

[@travelwithsere]

Fabulous video !! You've highlighted the Jamaican men who won the bronze at last year's World's and Kishane Thompson but there's more young talented sprinters coming for those spots on the Olympic team. Seville , Blake , Kishane, Watson and Forde need to add the 200m to help them with the 100m. There's also Nkrumie and Kadrian Goldson who also look strong. The Jamaican men look stronger for the 400m podium - Antonio Watson, Rasheed McDonald, Sean Bailey and the talented Roshawn Clark - those are the ones that could surprise at Paris

[@jusjamaicatv]

Great reporting.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Really appreciate that!

[@leisaalexander1293]

God Bless, Jamaican ❤🇯🇲👍

[@charlenestewartson5940]

God bless you Oblique you're very humble.

[@trogpo]

Great discussion, albeit the plethora of plethora. Thanks!

[@TheFinalLeg]

🤣 thats what happens when I freestyle some of these. I just have these go to words I repeat. But always trying to work on my communication. Thanks for watching!

[@trogpo]

@@TheFinalLeg Thanks, your vids are very enjoyable and thorough!

[@samueltullis806]

​@@TheFinalLeg To you Sir, Outstanding Coverage, Research, and detailed Knowledge Of the Athletes involved, and Track and Field as a Whole! Nice Work!

[@ARL-LifesLessons.-nk4fd]

You are good at what you do brother, do more videos in Jamaica, look at the views.

[@desmondyung]

Kishane is going crazyyy

[@garthwilliams9789]

There are a lot of young talent in Jamaica and it’s early yet to right them off, although bolt was an exception athlete be reminded that it took good coaching to bring out his best, all the best to my fellow country athletes going forward.

[@audreydavis45]

Anderson, I hope you had a great time in 🇯🇲 last week. I really do think that we are on the cusp of a new beginning as it relates to our male sprinters, who are all pretty young for the most part. I anticipate that we will do quite well in Paris later this year.

[@TheFinalLeg]

Thank you! Jamaica was amazing🇯🇲! So much love from the coaches, athletes and all the fans at Champs! I agree that there is tons of rising talent in Jamaica right now just waiting to make an impact again!

[@NIKI_E]

Yes, they can if the right persons are put on the team in the correct order. Jaaa needs to stop the foolishness with the top 4 finishers in the 100m runs the relay finals if Jamaica makes it to the finals. Run the 4 that works best together both in the women & men 4×100m.

[@LIVINGSTONE540]

...Well...yes...thats definitely part of the equation, & also i think a good deal depends on less "tangeble" factors such as individual athlete temperament.

[@StGCfiLife]

Paris 100m final will be hot!

[@fredball8240]

I actually like the word plethora. Perhaps "a myriad of sprinting talent" "...are stacked" or "...are loaded". I will say this - you're getting more and more interesting to watch. You're well informed.

[@jermaineayivoh8263]

The real problem with the Jamaicans right now is that almost non of their Champs stars from highschool transition and break out at the senior ranks. Dexter Lee, Ramon McKenzie, Adam Cummings, Julian Forte, Odean Skeen, Jazeel Murphy, Javon Francis, Jevaughn Minzie, Kevaun Rattray, Michael O’Hara, Martin Manley, Raheem Chambers, Akeem Bloomfield, Nigel Ellis, Nathaniel Bann, Jhevaughn Matherson, Christopher Taylor, Dejour Russell, Tyreke Wilson, Michael Stephens all born between the years 1991 and 2000, are no strangers to Jamaican track and field fans of the last decade and a half. All these guys were super stars in their teen years in Jamaica, tearing up the highschool athletics scene, breaking Jamaican Champs records left right and centre. Not a single one of the sprinters I named managed to establish themselves at the Senior level. I call them the lost generation. So many promising names that never made it at the pro level. If you would have told Jamaican track and field fans that none of them would eventually make so much as a dent at the pro level back when they were making names for themselves in the Jamaican highschool athletics scene, you would have been laughed at and called crazy. Yet here we are! Sooo much wasted potential!

[@kevinthompson5487]

We need to invest in our youth from a young age

[@angielee8072]

Wow … soooooo negative # keep running boyz # track stars . Good luck … bless up 🙏

[@mauricedaley9267]

Kishane first race in 2023 was at the all comers meet in may when he ran 10.18

[@jojogoody2748]

Guys they always beat you at the line because you finish your race when you see the line.Allthe other runners know your style and usually pass you then that is why you finish fourth.Spectators watch how you run.Run through the line at full speed,stop looking at your time,after you are sure you get through the line,come back and look at time.

[@notjesz6567]

The Jamaica 4x100 gotta be Akeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Yohan Blake and Kishane Thompson in my opinion

[@kc5466]

In that order?

[@TheFinalLeg]

Interesting. What time do you think they can run?

[@StGCfiLife]

plus people like Tracey and bouagie nkruhmah (KC) on the periphery as well.

[@KoolKaiser]

It don't gotta be nothing until we see trials. Remember none of u even thought of Kishane until trials...

[@calvinmcdonald1878]

There are other names to complete your 4x100

[@tinahtinah4556]

Tebogo is a serious threat boss.

[@phaethon1988]

You've met your "plethora" quota for the year sir. Panoply and dearth are still availablel😂 Good video

[@TheFinalLeg]

😭😭 appreciate you bro!

[@noelbartley1084]

You have changed your profile?

[@crabb9966]

I think the 100m will explode this year.

[@kandiekane.]

Yes, it can if the athletes put together the perfect mental and physical race.

[@abdulazizclare9545]

We the best in the world. Only 2.5 million and a very small island.

[@lanettewilliams7122]

Yes we can

[@willyw4r]

I've read that the highschool/CHAMPS system in Jamaica is harming the development of young splinters. Kids being pushed to do too much too soon, which leads to excessive injuries.

[@kandiekane.]

Sounds like you are describing the NCAA.

[@Meechooilka]

@@kandiekane. or the Finnish system

[@Yes_I_c4n]

Man, I don't know... Still to soon to tell (we're in March), but Lyles is looking good/great - and I'm not a huge Lyles' fan myself. I don't want to call Lyles a favorite this soon in the 100m, but I don't see anybody from Jamaica able to beat him. I don't know man, too soon to tell, but I have a feeling that Lyles might be too much. If Lyles improves his 60m further to say 6.38s, it's likely game over for his competitors.

[@travelwithsere]

Ryiem Forde I think could surprise!!

[@richposports7030]

Yes they can.

[@annmarie1771]

Is time will come

[@OnyaMarx-ve1xe]

Plethora counter: 971

[@TheFinalLeg]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kennethritchie2166]

Need to practice a lot

[@user-mh6nm5mv4b]

When are the jamaican trials this year?

[@eleanorbell8109]

Yes they can

[@davidlewis2728]

Please don't worry about Jamaicans males athletes,we'll be fine/ok in da future.Wat BOLT,ASAFA,BLAKE etc..did was raise tha bar in tha world of track n field by making it exciting n challenging for tha whole world to c.Like i said Jam down will b fine so just recognize put it in ur pipes n smoke it.Watch out Paris here we come ..!!JAH JAH..!!!

[@dajosco115]

He forgot Bouwahjgie Nkrumie. For the hundred he and Ackeem are my pix but it's going to be tough.

[@wavellfrancis5612]

nah. dont think nkrumie is on ackeem's level as yet

[@baggatitus]

Didn't Nkrumie have a horrible injury?

[@dajosco115]

@@wavellfrancis5612 we are talking future I thought.

[@user-vd8st5ir6x]

certainly they can the cast is not that strong at the moment

[@Strong427]

Yes it might not happen right now but well

[@ricardoaiken3549]

❤

[@joanwhitely1111]

Since 2005?

[@evertonmead2867]

Mark my word. Keshane Thompson will win gold at the Olympics.

[@user-bk3ot5pq8r]

🎉❤

[@user-bk3ot5pq8r]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@seensay2132]

They’re young. Maybe prospects in 2028

[@glendaduncan7089]

The Jamaican Men Athletes Need Not to Quit their Day Job. Bolt was on the World Stage Dominating Track and Field, for a long Time, Jamaica Drop the Ball when they Failed to Train a Replacement, for When Bolt Retire. So now they are Looking at The American Sprinter and the Rest of the Caribbean as a Force to Recon with. I Really Believe The Jamaican Athletic Association Make a HUGE Mistake, When they Start to Train Other Athletes from Other Countries their Techniques, and Now they are beating them at their Own Game. JAMAICA WILL LOOSE WORLD DOMINANCE IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, TRACK AND FIELD, IN THIS YEAR OLYMPICS.

[@user-bk3ot5pq8r]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@shenita2899]

You going to Africa to film the next one?

[@TheFinalLeg]

hahaha I wish😭I can't make that trip, though I have gotten opportunities to do some work at track meets

[@shenita2899]

@@TheFinalLeg are you going to any diamond leagues this year? If you can share

[@TheoOJamaloO1]

would be dope

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@shenita2899I'll likely be at all the DL meets after the Olympics (Lausanne, Poland, Rome, Zuirch, Brussles) But still TBD!

[@paulettpowell6195]

Nothing is impossible with God

[@rogerhinds6583]

I still think Seville or blake will get medals ...so dont underestimate seville to win gold in olympics

[@dmcdgames2388]

the title is incorrect it shiyld say can the jamaican men win 100 meter gold again

[@TheFinalLeg]

They haven't won a medal of any color in the 100m since 2017. How is the title incorrect? If you referring to the fact that the women have won medals, in the title I include "the current landscape of men's 100m dash". Thanks for watching!

[@cylabeet291]

They need to be more focused and get their heads out of all the glitz and glamor of the sport. NOTE to get there you need drive and focus. Because lets be frank it does not matter how much money you make on the circuits NOT BEING on an Olympic or world podium will prove nothing.

[@LIVINGSTONE540]

...CREDIT also to Mr. Commentator.

[@DecodeHerMind-11]

None i dont think so. They need to do more 200m. They are only focusing on 100m only. The top athletes are doing 100 and 200m.

[@malcomegazadar3152]

I havé said time n time again jamaican is going to win París olympics this year I just don't call is name but if u guys smart you will suspect who am leaning to

[@annGreaves]

So based on Oblique analysis, talent is not the issue! What then? Mmmmm

[@michellemalla4365]

Mental toughness

[@user-eo9ll2qm2h]

Jamaica could loose for the next 5 Olympics and still be regarded as the fastest country in history

[@kc5466]

Maybe true but they will be known as has beens. Kind of like the British invoking the British Empire past as if it has any bearings on the present.

[@user-eo9ll2qm2h]

@@kc5466 rather be a has been than to be a never been

[@kc5466]

@@user-eo9ll2qm2h not many countries are never beens when it comes to a specialty.

[@user-eo9ll2qm2h]

@@kc5466 when it comes to track not many countries can say they’ve been a top of the podium and heard there countries national anthem play it’s an honor not all countries get to experience

[@kc5466]

@@user-eo9ll2qm2h yes! For track

[@cuthbertbraveboy5699]

Jamaica’s small and shrinking population of less than 2.8 million is a major disadvantage against the USA’s large and growing population of over 340 million. The success that occurred during the Usain Bolt era is not sustainable.

[@kennyj43]

Jamaica's population is not shrinking. Considering the size disparity between the two countries, it is shocking and amazing that Jamaica has been able to produce such a long line of world class sprinters, male and female, for so long, for around 100 years, in fact, if you look at the country's athletics history. Jamaica does not, and never will, lack for talent. It has that in abundance, as this video demonstrates. Jamaica will continue to be there and thereabouts at the highest levels of track and field, and every now and then the giant killers like Bolt will come along. Size isn't everything.

[@sherisehall332]

Population size doesn't matter. What matters is pure natural talent without any form of substances. That's the problem with you Americans you all take things too personally, athletic world is for anyone and every country big or small. So, Jamaica is here to stay and we will duplicate many more bolt's sprinters male or female, so watch the space cause size never stop us and it will never do. Running is in our DNA so get use to seeing Jamaicans on top form 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲, to the World 🌎. ONE LOVE

[@wavellfrancis5612]

but its important to note that jamaica has a younger slate of athletes now in regards to 100m men at the highest level

[@forevergoated999]

Truthfully since 2013 Jamaican men have been poor outside Bolt excluding they wouldn't have a global 100 medal since Blake silver in London 2012

[@TheFinalLeg]

Nesta Carter won 100m Bronze in 2013

[@forevergoated999]

@@TheFinalLeg hmmmm in Moscow but my point still stands after that year only Bolt kept them relevant

[@Samesaidone]

Thanks for mentioning Yohan Blake in the mix.

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@forevergoated999 Your right that since Bolt there has been a drop-off. But I think its also relevant that they had their rise starting in 2005 when Frater won Silver in Helsinki. Before that, Jamaica had never been on the podium in the 100m since Raymond Stewart in 1987. They had an era of consistency from 2005-2017. 1968-1987: 4 medals by 3 different men 1988-2004: 0 medals 2005-2017: 13 medals by 5 different men 2018-2023: 0 medals And this is not to compare Jamaica with any other country, this is simply to highlight how Jamaica had a rise in the 100m in the mid-2000s. And this was before Bolt. Frater, and Powell won medals prior to Bolt even attempting the 100m. No one doubts that Bolt was the major driver of the era, but we can't diminish what other athletes did in that time. So now, the point of this video is to highlight the current crop and see if they can get on the podium again. Thanks for watching!

[@TheFinalLeg]

@@actual_randomGood point that Bolt actually kept his own teammates off the podium. If Bolt is not there, Jamaica would still be on the podium. Sure not gold, but it highlights their depth during that era Actually, I completely forgot that Jamaica went 1, 3, 4, 5 in Moscow😳

[@kivdonbull9398]

we getting silver behind tebogo

[@noelbartley1084]

Bet Tebogo don't win 1 individual medal

[@maxinquaye3191]

What do you think this guy's favorite word is? I'm going to guess it's PLETHORA

[@TheFinalLeg]

😅

[@dafodillllewellyn6844]

Talking is cheap Oblique. we need action.i prayed and hope Deandra Daley and That young guy from Mushette hight school and a few more runners that i watched from Excelsior high school at the penn relays and Issa boys &girl championship. take over from Usain Bolt.all of the young fellows that are prepresting jamaica from 2020 until present are a jokers.

[@EthanSolomon-hh9uc]

Usain Bolt and the Jamaicans dominated the sprints for 8 years and fell off after the drug testing got tougher.

[@416yaadie]

Here's a bold prediction. Jamaica will sweep the 100m at Olympics?

[@TheFinalLeg]

Bold take for sure! Which 3 guys are going to win gold silver and bronze?

[@joycespencer8731]

Oh no

[@416yaadie]

@@TheFinalLeg not necessarily in such order but Seville,kishane and forde and a outside possibility of Watson because he is coach by the great franno

[@XDF745]

Too bold.

[@416yaadie]

@@XDF745 I have made a bold prediction before and it came true.I made a bold prediction in the last Olympic. My bold prediction was that a Jamaican will win the 110h and his name will not be Omar McLeod. When I made that prediction I wasn't thinking of parchment, I was actually thinking of Broadwell but he got hurt

[@AmbassadorAusar]

No disrespect intended to the Jamaican brothers and sisters but Bolt was an anomaly. The Jamaicans had a rare occasion for having both Bolt and Shelly Ann simultaneously at the top of the sprinting world. This gave the impression that Jamaican athletes were taking over Track and Field and it was a given that they would rule after Bolt left. This proved to be false and since the fall of Yohan Blake the Jamaican men have not come even close to continuing in Bolt's legacy.

[@LABusDiaries]

But the Facts remain they have the World Record

[@Elliottklassen]

I see what you’re saying to an extent: it’s unlikely that the Jamaicans will ever dominate sprinting the way they did in the early 2010s, however, it was certainly much more than just Bolt and SAFP. Before SAFP was Campbell-Brown, who is a legend in her own right, and before Campbell Brown was Ottey, who is still one of the greatest in history. Before Bolt was Asafa, and during/after SAFP is both Thompson-Herah and Jackson. Of the current Jamaican men, it seems quite likely that at least one of them will run under 9.8 before they’re done, possibly faster and possibly more than one. Their top athletes are still very young, yet the just won a 4x100m medal and had (tied for) the most sub 10 second runners in Jamaican history. Yes, they will probably never dominate the sport the way Bolt did, but that’s an absurd standard to hold, and clearly Jamaican sprinting was a force before Bolt and will continue to be one for a long time.

[@crabb9966]

Weird take imo. For the women they have Shericka, Shelly ann and Elaine. Bolt, Powell, Blake, Nesta Carter and even Ben Johnson grew up in jamaica. You just have to look at the top list.

[@barrylloyd5864]

Ben Johnson, Linford Christie, Donovan Bailey are all Jamaicans, so we have never left the top of the roost for any extended period. We will be back on top, if not this year in the near future.

[@jonnynice8366]

​@@barrylloyd5864I don't know man, South Africa and its neighbours 1re going to become more and more dominant in the sprints in the coming decades. They have the genes, they have a huge young population and the sport is growing in popularity.

[@free6328]

It’s how people don’t understand that is on island country compared to the competitors that live in continents with way more people so they’re talent pool is gonna be bigger

[@BlackAfrikan]

Good work. Always some of the best breakdowns and analysis.