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He is the 2023 U.S. Champion in the 200 meters and the 2023 World Championships silver medalist. Knighton holds the world under-18 best in the 200 m of 19.84 seconds, set on June 27, 2021, and world U20 record with a time of 19.69 seconds, set on June 26, 2022.
World U20 Record Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.69: Eugene, United States: 26 June 2022 Championship Record Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 19.96: Cali, Colombia: 4 August 2022 Blessing Afrifah (ISR) 19.96: Cali, Colombia: World U20 Leading Nyckoles Harbor (USA) 20.20: Lexington, United States: 24 May 2024
Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike’s personal best in the 100 meters is 10.03 seconds, a time he achieved in 2022 during the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In the 200 meters , his personal best is 19.76 seconds , set during the 2022 season , making him one of the fastest Nigerian sprinters of all time in both events.
Lyles finished second in the second 200 meters heat with a time of 20.08 seconds, behind overall leader Letsile Tebogo of Botswana. Knighton won the third heat at 20.09.
Lyles had to bust it through the finish line to overtake, then beat, Kenny Bednarek at U.S. track trials, finishing in 19.53 seconds, the best time of the year, but a scant .06 clear of second place.
Bednarek finished with a time of 19.62 seconds after winning his semifinal heat on Wednesday. Bednarek's silver in the 200 meters follows his seventh-place finish in the 100 meters on Sunday.
He won the Australian U20 100m title in Adelaide in April 2024, running a time of 10.48 seconds. [12] He represented Australia at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima , Peru, where he won the silver medal in the 200 metres in August 2024 in a personal best time of 20.60 (-0.7m/s).
World U20 Record Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.69: Eugene, United States: 26 June 2022 Championship Record Michael Norman (USA) 20.17: Bydgoszcz, Poland: 22 July 2016 World U20 Leading Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.49: Baton Rouge, United States: 30 April 2022