BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – STARTING from August 26 in his post-Olympic Season, Kim Collins has maintained a world class standard in all six Meets in which he participated. In a really punishing schedule he has finished no lower than fourth in any meet on his recent World Challenge IAAF European tour.
His three silver medals came in Zagreb, Croatia (10.14), in Berlin, Germany (10.07) and in Reiti, Italy just yesterday, Sept 9, at 10.09 secs.
Surprisingly, his season’s best of 10.01 came in Zurich on August 30 when he placed fourth behind Yohan Blake (Jam), Nesta Carter (Jam) and Ryan Bailey (USA) all finishing below 10 secs.
In the race at Brussels in which Usain Bolt participated, Collins also came fourth with a time of 10.03 coming behind Bolt (9.86), Carter (9.96), Bailey-Cole (9.97)
When it is considered that Collins is racing with a new generation of athletes most or all of whom are at least a decade younger than he is, it is nothing short of amazing that he has maintained and at times surpassed his time of 10.07 when he won the World Championships in France in 2003.
In the final meet of his six-meet tour culminating AT REITI, ITALY, September 9th, the results were as follows:
1 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 10.04
2 KIM COLLINS SKN 10.09
3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 10.14
4 Lerone Clarke JAM 10.15
5 Emmanuel Callender TRI 10.23
6 Ronald Pognon FRA 10.38
7 Simone Collio ITA 10.51
On September 7, at the Diamond League Meet in BRUSSELS, the results were:
Bolt, Usain (Jam) 9.86
Carter, Nester (Jam) 9.96
Bailey-Cole, Kemar (Jam) 9.97
COLLINS, KIM (SKN) 10.03
Ashmeade, Nickel (Jam) 10.03
Bailey, Ryan (USA) 10.04
Vicault, Jimmy (Fr) 10.06
ZAGREB, CROATIA Tuesday, September 4 2012
The results of the 100m in which Collins claimed SILVER were as follows:
1. Bailey Ryan (USA) 10.02 Secs
2. COLLINS KIM (SKN) 10.14
3. Forsythe Mario (JAM) 10.25
4. Patton Darvis (USA) 10.31
5. Frater Michael (JAM) 10.31
6. Spearmon Wallace (USA) 10.32
7. Kimmons Trell (USA) 10.33
BERLIN 2nd September 2012 SILVER ISTAF World Challenge 2012 with a time of 10.07 secs.
The results were as follows:
1. Bailey-Cole, Kemar (Jamaica) 10.00
2. COLLINS, KIM (St. Kitts & Nevis) 10.07
3. Vicault, Jimmy (France) 10.12
4. Patton, Darvis (Usa) 10.12
5. Forsythe, Mario (Jamaica) 10.19
6. Frater, Michael (Jamaica) 10.20
7. Spearmon, Wallace (Usa) 10.27
8. Reus, Julian (Germany) 10.34
9. Jakubczyk, Lucas (Germany) 10.40
The results of the ZURICH IAAF Diamond League 100m race which took place on August 30 were as follows: SEASON’S BEST
1. Jamaica – Yohan Blake – 9.76 secs
2. Jamaica – Nesta Carter – 9.95
3. USA - Ryan Bailey – 9.97
4. SKN – KIM COLLINS – 10.01
5. Jamaica – Michael Frater – 10.04
6. France – Christopher Le Maitre – 10.07
The results of the Polish Meet were as follows: Eagle Stadium in WARSAW, POLAND at the 3rd annual Kamila Skolimowski Memorial Athletics meet. August 26
1. Kemar Bailey-Cole (Jamaica) 10.24
• 2nd Keston Bledman (Trinidad and Tobago) 10.28
• 3RD KIM COLLINS (St. Kitts and Nevis) 10.29
• 4th Gerald Phiri (Zambia) 10.29
• 5th Dariusz Kuc (Poland) 10.53
• 6th Rytis Sakalauskas (Lithuania) 10.64
From August 26 to September 9th 2012 Kim Collins has retained his world class standard and brought nothing but a positive image and fame to our tiny island federation.
SKNVibes is proud to join with all others in congratulating him on his very successful Season. No praise is too high for one who has been able to maintain such a standard for such an extended period. Well done, Kim Collins!
