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Burrel poised to don Lewis’ mantle
TOKYO. Aug 23 : A confident American with blazing speed and enviable self-possession to poised to
assume Carl Lewis's mantle as the world 100 metres cham plpn. reports Reuter.
’ Leroy Burrell has been the World s leading 1OO metres man for the past two seasons.
This year he set a world Indoor record for the 60 metres and broke the world 100 metres mark at the US Championships in June.
Now he is set to meet Lewis In the World Championships 100 metres final on Sunday after defeating his close friend and training partner three times in as many races this year.
Burrell has grown up quickly since a disappointing 1989 European season.
Then he was homesick, tired and unable to cope with the food and strange conditions.
But he could also walk around a hotel lobby recognised only by his fellow athletes and a handful of trackwise fans.
On Thursday Burrell had to force his way into a packed news conference as photographers and television crew fought for position.
Tve lived with pressure for past two years," Burrell st jd. “You have to adjust to ft."
Adjusting to the pressure has obviously been helped by Burrell's relationship with Lewis and his other colleagues at the Santa Monica Track Club.
"When you are in the Santa Monica Track Club, you leave your egos at the door," Burrell said. The egos arc non-existent."
The hard conditioning work, under the watchful eyes of Santa Monica coaches Tom Tellez and Mike lakaha is now over and Burrell will be doing only minimal preparation before Saturday's. first round of the 100 metres.
Burrell is careful to downplay any talk of rivalry with Lewis or any of his other likely opponents.
But his confidence shone through tn impromptu conversations after the regular news conference.
Tm fairly confident that if I run my best I will win." he
said.
Burrell said he did not think he had even been fully fit at the US Championship. "I didn’t feel al my best.
"I've always felt I’ve had more," he added, "even when I ran 9.94 in 1989.''
Burrell's self-belief spills over into the 200 metres, where he has been given little chance against compatriot Michael Johnson.
Asked about his chance of a sprint double. Burrell replied; "If you had asked me a week ago, 1 would have said no."
"But I have really concentrated on the 200 in the past two weeks. I understand now what I was doing wrong. I was looking at the 200 like the 100 and it's not.
"J was accelerating a little bit too quickly and not reserving enough for the end of the race."
Initially. Burrell will concentrate on beating his rivals in the 100.
Then he will apply himself to the 200 and the 4x100 relay where the Americans could beat their own world record.
After that Burrell will look to next year's Barcelona Olympics.