Bremen's 100-meter record in danger: Olabisi runs at the best time!

Bremen's 100-meter record in danger: Olabisi runs at the best time!

Bremen, Deutschland - The Bremen athletics scene is faced with an exciting change! On October 15, 1964, Heinz Schumann set a record in the Olympic Stadium Tokyo with a time of 10.46 seconds in the 100-meter run, which has existed for more than 60 years. This value is still considered to be a Bremen regional record. But now there could be a new candidate: 22-year-old Noah Olabisi, Sprinter from Werder Bremen, shows promising progress. Last weekend he ran a time of 10.47 seconds at the final of the German U23 championships in Ulm and thus took sixth place.

olabisi has prepared intensively in recent months. Despite the difficulties of starting the season due to Achilles tendon complaints, he was not discouraged. "It wasn't easy, but I took a new attempt," said Olabisi. Trainer Andrei Fabrizus is certain: "Noah has the potential to crack the 10.46 seconds when everything fits together."

new record in sight?

With his current result of 10.47 seconds, Olabisi comes dangerously close to Schumann's record. "That was my goal to just run quickly and find my rhythm," said Olabisi after the competition. In fact, at this time he also fulfilled the A-standard for the finals and can look forward to the upcoming competitions, especially the German Championships in Dresden at the end of July. It remains to be seen whether the Sprinter from Bremen is actually able to rewrite the Bremen athletics history.

in Ulm he showed a consistently strong performance. In the lead, Olabisi set up a new best time of 10.49 seconds and then increased in the final. This gives rise to hope that the upcoming North German Championships in Hamburg, which will take place in almost two weeks

A look at the past

The 1964 record has already sweated many athletes. At that time Schumann became fifth in the final in Tokyo. His time is now considered a hand -stopped 10.2 seconds, which makes the 10.46 seconds still unmatched. Athletics in Bremen has a tradition, but a new era could begin with talents like Noah Olabisi. The athlete database is currently listing numerous of its times, including remarkable 10.49 seconds from Lübeck last year and 10.61 seconds at the Hermann Dressel Cup in Oberwandand. For an athlete who is only at the beginning of his career, these values ​​are impressive.

Athletics is a competition in which everything revolves around seconds and milliseconds. Noah Olabisi is currently advertising for Bremen and shows that high speed can continue to be expected here in the future. Will we soon witness a new Bremen record? The anticipation for the upcoming championships is great!