Who is Kishane Thompson? The Jamaican 100m sprinter tipped for Paris gold

The fastest man in the world is set to be crowned at the men’s 100m final at the Paris 2024 Olympics tonight (August 4).

The one to watch is undoubtedly Jamaica's Kishane Thompson, who stormed to a phenomenal win in his national championships and is hoping to add his name to athletics history at Paris 2024. In only in his second season as a professional, he headed to the Olympics after an impressive win at his country's trials.

It saw him become the fastest man of 2024 with a run of 9.77 seconds in the 100 metres.

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As well as bagging him a place at Paris 2024, his time also made him the joint-ninth fastest man in history, and the fourth fastest Jamaican in history, behind Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, and Asafa Powell.

Following the win Kishane told BBC Sport: “My coach instructed me just to run the first 60 metres, nothing more - after that, shut it down.

"If I came second or third, I would've made the team. The goal wasn't to prove anything tonight, just run the 70 or 60 metres and see where I was."

The 23-year-old sprinter from Kingston, Jamaica was born on July 17, 2001 and has a twin brother named Kishaun. Growing up in rural Jamaica, he was coached throughout his school career by a string of Jamaican athletics legends and was tipped for success from the start despite suffering hamstring injuries and missing out on years of competition due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The heats of the men's 100m got underway yesterday - with Americans Fred Kerley and Kenny Bednarek qualifying fastest with a time of 9.97. Team GB have both Louie Hinchliffe and Zharnel Hughes in the semi-finals. Hincliffe, 22, beat USA world champion