Cooper Lutkenhaus is leading from front when it comes to teenage sporting phenoms | Sean Ingle
The American is track and fieldâs youngest world champion but you wonât find the 17-year-old boasting about his achievements We are in living in the
The American is track and fieldâs youngest world champion but you wonât find the 17-year-old boasting about his achievements We are in living in the era of teenage super talents. On Saturday, Mirra Andreeva won the French Open at 19.
Spainâs Lamine Yamal, at 18, is one of the favourites for the World Cupâs golden ball. Then there is Cooper Lutkenhaus, the 17-year-old American already making the worldâs best athletes gasp for air and reach for superlatives, who may yet prove the best of the bunch.
True, it is early days. But Lutkenhaus is already track and fieldâs youngest world champion, having won 800m indoor gold in March. On Sunday, he added to his CV with victory against a top-class field in his first Diamond League race.
But it was what his rivals said afterwards in Stockholm that left the deepest mark. Continue reading...
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