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Kenny Bednarek
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Bednarek spent years as the man who finished second to Lyles, with Olympic 200m silver in Tokyo and Paris. His straight-line speed off the bend, tall and long-striding, is what to watch, and in September 2026 it finally earned him an individual global title: he won both the 100m in 9.85 and the 200m in 19.52 at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest. A useful study in a 200m runner whose top speed carried down to the shorter sprint.
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Letsile Tebogo
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Tebogo looks lighter on his feet than anyone in a sprint final. His relaxed, bouncing stride and loose shoulders recall Bolt more than his muscular rivals, and in the Paris 2024 Olympic 200m he ran an African record 19.46 to beat Bednarek and Lyles, giving Botswana its first Olympic gold. Compare his bend with Lyles's: one leans and drives, the other floats, and both arrive at the straight at full speed.
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Gout Gout
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The Australian teenager whose schoolboy races went viral because his long, loose stride drew comparisons with a young Bolt. Those comparisons now have numbers behind them: in April 2026, aged 18, he ran 19.67 for 200m at the Australian championships, a world under-20 record. He is one to watch for how a tall junior's mechanics mature, and a reminder that technique at this age is still a work in progress.
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