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At just 19, Bayanda Walaza became South Africa’s first junior to break 10 seconds and the fastest man so far in the world this year.

South Africa’s rising sprint sensation Bayanda Walaza laid down the gauntlet on what to expect for the rest of the season after blazing to a new National U20 Record and world-leading 100m time of 9.99s at the AGN Championships in Pretoria.

The 19-year-old ran a well-executed race from the start to the finish line to drop the massive Personal Best (PB) and become South Africa’s first junior in history to break the 10-second mark.

Walaza’s jaw-dropping performance is his third outing of the season, following respective 60m and 200m times of 6.58s and 20.63s in February.

This shows the talented youngster is on steady progress and is in form to produce more exceptional performances as the season progresses and ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo.

Last year, Walaza had a groundbreaking season that saw him become the world’s fastest teenager, having won the 100m and 200m titles at the World U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, thus writing his name as the first South African sprinter to attain such a feat in the championship history.

Despite the exceptional range of elite top sprinters at disposal presently, some youngsters rose to the occasion this year with great expectations they can set more records and do much more in the upcoming season.

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In addition, by winning both titles, the rising speedster became only the fourth sprinter in history to complete the sprint double at the World U20 Championships behind the legendary Ato Boldon (1992), ex-Nigerian sprinter Francis Obikwelu (1996), and Christian Malcolm (1998).

His exceptional outing in Lima, was a follow-up to his brilliant display at the Paris Olympic Games, where he ran the first leg of South Africa’s 4x100m silver medal-winning team that clocked a new African Record of 37.57s.

Without an iota of doubt, the South African is one of the brightest young sprinter’s in the world, and track enthusiasts can only be excited about the bright future ahead of him.