{"id":307864,"date":"2017-04-04T15:58:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307864"},"modified":"2017-04-04T15:58:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:58:57","slug":"jamaica-finds-12-year-old-sprinting-superstar-to-rival-usain-bolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/jamaica-finds-12-year-old-sprinting-superstar-to-rival-usain-bolt\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica finds 12-year old sprinting superstar to rival Usain Bolt"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jamaica may have another sprinting sensation on their hands, after a 12-year-old female athlete posted a record time at the 2017 Boys and Girls Championships over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Brianna Lyston left her competitors in her wake to win the 200m race in the Caribbean nation, clocking a time of\u00a023.72 seconds – almost within two seconds of the senior world record set by Florence Griffith-Joyner at the 1988 Olympics.<\/p>\n
Lyston, who attends St Jago High School in Spanish Town, St Catherine, finished 0.88 seconds ahead of her nearest rival Oneika McAnnuff to win the 200m final, and she showed she’s not bad at shorter distances either.<\/p>\n
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