Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake

The famous sprinter Yohan Blake, called the fans "monster", he was born on December 26, 1989 in St. James, Jamaica. Blake began to run on the 100 and 200 meters at a young age. In 2009, he passed a positive result on the methylxanthines in the Jamaican Championships and was disqualified for three months.

The number two among the sprinters the world

Since then, he has won various awards, including two gold medals at the 2011 World Cup, in the 4x100 relay race and the race for 100 meters. Blake holds a record in the first discipline and national junior record in the hundred-meter race. His best time at this distance - 9, 69 seconds. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal with a time of 9, 75, while his rival Usain Bolt ran 9, 63 seconds. In the race for 200 meters Blake also finished second, taking the silver.

A little athlete personal data:

Johan Blake weight is 76 kg.
Age - 29 years.
Growth Yohan Blake - 180 cm

Early life

Blake attended high school at St. Jago Spanish Town, where his initial passion was sport of cricket. The boy was invisible, and only after the director of the college remarked as he walked quickly to the gate, he was asked to try a sprint. Coach has become a rising star Glen Mills.

Career

Back in 2007 on the famous game called CARIFTA Yohan Blake became the champion of the country - Jamaica. He overcame the distance of a hundred meters in 10.11 seconds. Also athlete led his team to victory in a very difficult relay 4 by 100 meters. After these competitions Blake won the Austin Sealy as a player who showed the best results of the whole championship. Johan also won the race in the 100 meters at the Reebok Grand Prix competitions in 2009. According Show in July of the same year, high results, Blake is not wasting your precious time - given his training progress. He showed himself a born runner and yet another tournament again stood on the podium, finishing in third place behind Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell. At the same time Johan was able to improve its result, breaking the 10-second barrier (he was the youngest of those who overcame the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds). Soon athlete improved his result, ran the distance in 9.93 seconds. Again he climbed the third step of the podium, losing the great Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey.

Before the World Cup, unfortunately, he and Marvin Anderson and Sheri-Ann Brooks was not able to pass the anti-doping test: Blood traces of 4-methyl-2-geksanamina were found. Jamaica Committee withdrew the charges Johan - a substance at the time the list of banned World Anti-Doping Agency has not yet included. The investigation in the case took some time - the drug was too close in composition to tuaminogeptanu, which provides the list of banned substances. But despite this, the committee nevertheless dismissed Blake from the competition and received a temporary suspension of three months.

Responsible starts

At the 2011 World Championships Blake comfortably reached the final. After disqualification Johan National Usain Bolt won gold with a score 9, 92 seconds. Blake began the 2012-th confidently, registering 9, 9 seconds in April UTech Basic. He continued to approach 9, 84 seconds at Cayman Invitational before the championship, which he won Usain Bolt in stometrovke 9 with the result of 75 seconds. He also won the 200 meters with a score of 19.80, while his opponent has run for 19.83 seconds. London Olympics of 2012 was the first in which Blake was. He emerged as a significant threat to Bolt, a clear leader in the hundred-meter race. At this distance, Johan managed to take second place, running for 9, 75 seconds. It is also well made eventually in the 200 meters, where he also earned a silver medal with the result of 19.44 seconds.

In 2013, Blake was damaged hamstring. After a bad result in 20, 72 seconds in the 200 meters on June 8 in Jamaica, he was not able to qualify for the 200-meter race at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. Johan tried to rehabilitate himself in 2014, but finished only 6th place in the competition in Lausanne (Gemstone Little league event) with the result of 20.48 seconds. Then another experienced damage hamstring and fell to 40 meter interval in Glasgow (Gemstone Little league), closing the season.

Blake decided that he was ready to compete again in 2015 after a fight with random traumas of 2013 and 2014. But not out of the semi-finals of the tournament Jamaica Outdoor nationwide in the hundred-meter race, finishing in ninth place with a score of 10, 36 seconds. In the finals, only 8 participants. After that, he has not in the race for 200 meters.

Johan was the fourth in the hundred-meter race at the Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro with a score of 9, 93 seconds. It does not reach the final of 200 m, taking the 6th place in the semis. However, Blake earned a gold medal in the relay 4x100m.