Trinity Wilson lives up to expectations in Lille – Athletics news
A quality field is always a source of inspiration for contestants, as it always encourages them to put more efforts and struggle harder to emerge over the experienced and quicker runners. Resultantly, junior and less experienced players also develop the
competence that pushes them towards higher places on the podium.
This is exactly what happened to Trinity Wilson, the young American hurdler who had perhaps decided to settle for a second position, but eventually ended as the title holder of the meet at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille.
Though she was well-aware of the fact that the field in Lille was a formidable one, yet, just like her other counterparts, she attended and participated in the event with aspirations of winning a medal out of it. These aspirations, to some extent, were not
baseless as for finishing second at the 2011 World Youth Ranking and for stopping the clock in 13.42 seconds, she already displayed her potential in the tournament. However, with Noemi Zbaren from Switzerland confirming her participation in the Lille event,
her chances of finishing at the top of the podium were weak.
Talking about how she gathered the courage to oust the pre-favourite of the event, the 16-year-old runner who stopped the clock in 13.11 seconds for the gold medal said, “But I was inspired by seeing Jennifer Madu take the gold medal in the 100m just as
I was getting ready to go out on the track. We are good friends, we pray together, and seeing her win the 100m when perhaps other people were bigger favourite spoke to me. When I went to the start of the 100m hurdles I was excited.”
The time clocked by Wilson was also the second fastest in her category, as Adrianna Lamalle possesses this prestige for clocking 13.08 seconds in an inaugural session of the World Youth Championships, about 12 years ago.
Zbaren, though could not live up to expectations, but displayed a challenging sprit while following Wilson and crossed the finishing line in 13.17 seconds. This was the fourth fastest time recorded for the distance in a junior category. After chasing the
title holder closely, Zbaren bagged the first ever World Youth Championships for her homeland.
The performance depicted by Wilson was not only quick, but was technically inspiring also, as the girl who had been training hard for this junior IAAF event was perhaps well aware of the fact that her run at Lille had not given any room to her coach for
criticism. Emerging from a surprising win, she said, “Technically I felt really good, and I was snapping down right over the top of the hurdles.”
After this performance, the potential of the young American athlete has become quite clear and it is expected that she would build on her winning streak gradually, for the events to come.
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