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16-Year-Old Sorato Shimizu Runs 10.00 to Set U18 100m World Record

Shimizu shattered Japan’s high school record in Hiroshima with a legal +1.7 m/s tailwind run that clinched his spot at the Tokyo World Championships.

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Sorato has risen to joint fifth on the all-time list of Japanese sprinters
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Overview

  • Shimizu clocked an even 10.00 seconds in the 100m final at the Inter High School Championships in Hiroshima on July 26, surpassing the previous U18 world record of 10.06 seconds set by Christian Miller in 2023.
  • The legal +1.7 m/s tailwind validated Shimizu’s performance as he also equaled the fifth-fastest time in Japanese history and broke Yoshihide Kiryu’s 12-year-old high school mark of 10.01 seconds.
  • At 16, Shimizu becomes the youngest Japanese sprinter to meet the entry standard for September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, setting the stage for a likely senior debut on home soil.
  • His mark ranks him alongside global youth sensations and highlights Japan’s long-standing search for an individual male sprint icon.
  • Coaches and former stars have praised the prodigy’s poise under pressure, even as analysts caution about sustaining such rapid teenage development.