These times are amazing:
Kyle van Niekerk - 13 year old!
His results were as follows:
100m Free: Gold in a winning time of 53.89 – New African and South African AG Record
50m Free: Gold in a winning time of 24.69 – a New African and South African AG Record and the fastest recorded time in the world for 13- year- olds during 2011.
Yes these are long course meters. Puts it all in perspective for us geezers :cane:
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very remarkable
Wonder:
what kind of training he's done?
what his height & weight are? / How mature he is?
how much more he'll grow and improve over the years
Time will tell or times will tell
Ande his 200 free was "only" a 2:04 so I suspect he focuses mainly on the 50 and 100 events in training. The 200 may have been at the end of the meet/multiple events? (A fast twitcher for sure)
Based on the pic I saw he is tall and lanky and not super muscular. Looked like he had a huge wing span. Does not look "fully" developed. Not sure how to post a pic here.
I see with almost all super fast young age groupers the gap will eventually close as he gets older but still these times are incredible for LCM as Kirk says.
very remarkable
Wonder:
what kind of training he's done?
what his height & weight are? / How mature he is?
how much more he'll grow and improve over the years
Time will tell or times will tell
Ande his 200 free was "only" a 2:04 so I suspect he focuses mainly on the 50 and 100 events in training. The 200 may have been at the end of the meet/multiple events? (A fast twitcher for sure)
Based on the pic I saw he is tall and lanky and not super muscular. Looked like he had a huge wing span. Does not look "fully" developed. Not sure how to post a pic here.
I see with almost all super fast young age groupers the gap will eventually close as he gets older but still these times are incredible for LCM as Kirk says.
