Jamaican sprinter Kishane Thompson won Jamaica's 100-meter title in 9.77 seconds Friday night, the fastest time in two years on the track circuit.
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Kishane Thompson won Jamaica's 100-meter national championship in 9.77 seconds Friday night, setting himself up as a threat to join his country's greatest sprinter, Usain Bolt, as an Olympic champion next month."My coach instructed me to just run the first 60, nothing more," the 22-year-old Thompson said after winning in his first appearance of the year."After that I should just shut it down. If I came in second or third, I make the team.
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