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March 18, 2014
Richard Kilty, the ‘Teesside Tornado’, has vowed to be the first white British athlete to beat the 10 second barrier in the 100m.
After winning the world indoor 60 metres title in Poland he roared ‘bring on Usain Bolt’ and beat his chest with pride.
The pair could potentially clash over 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer, with Kilty, 24, adding: ‘I will give him a go at the Commonwealths, although I can’t promise anything.’
The statement was delivered with a smile, but Kilty must now get used to the rather more serious business of being a world indoor champion.
Draped in the British flag after completing two laps of honour and stopping to kiss the blue track on which he won gold in his first senior individual global championships, he looked like he might rather enjoy that opportunity.
Kilty’s 6.49-second personal best on Saturday night put him sixth on the British all-time list for the 60m. He is now also the fastest British white man, indoors over 60m and outdoors over 100m, and the second-fastest white man in history over the shorter indoor sprint. Only South Africa’s Morne Nagel, who ran 6.48secs in January 2002, has gone quicker.
Kilty said: ‘I think I can break 10 seconds (for the 100m). I’m not going to say I’m going to do it this year or next year but I think within my career I can run well into nine seconds.
‘I know that’s a pretty big statement with my skin colour, being white, but I’m the fastest white man in (British) history so I wouldn’t mind being the next man to break 10 seconds.
‘I know it’s a pretty big statement but I’ve come out and become world champion, so to do that’s not so much of a problem.’
Kilty’s confidence is understandable, given the gold medal hanging around his neck. A move from Linford Christie’s camp to Loughborough to work with British Athletics’ American sprint coach Rana Reider and a greater focus on technique and less on lifting weights has paid off. Yet just 18 months ago, Kilty was desperately close to quitting the sport and pursuing a career in the army.
The Stockton sprinter was overlooked for a place in the British team at London 2012 – despite having run the qualifying standard over 200m – by former head coach Charles van Commenee after struggling with illness at the British trials and finishing eighth.
