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Rising teen sensation poised for breakthrough in Tokyo
September 14, 2025
|The Straits Times
When Cooper Lutkenhaus talked about how he developed his 800 metres tactics "at a younger age" on Sept 12, it brought a ripple of laughs from his US teammates wondering just how far back the 16-year-old sensation was reaching.
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TOKYO — When Cooper Lutkenhaus talked about how he developed his 800 metres tactics "at a younger age" on Sept 12, it brought a ripple of laughs from his US teammates wondering just how far back the 16-year-old sensation was reaching.
The high school junior is about to become the youngest American to compete at a World Championships, but looked and sounded as poised as 34-year-old pole vaulter Katie Moon sitting alongside him at a press conference at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium.
He booked his worlds slot by finishing second to Donavan Brazier in the US qualifiers in August, clocking a scarcely credible 1min 42.27sec in the process.
That took more than three seconds off his personal best and was 0.26sec faster than the previous under-18 world best set by Kenya's Timothy Kitum at the 2012 Olympics.
هذه القصة من طبعة September 14, 2025 من The Straits Times.
اشترك في Magzter GOLD للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة، وأكثر من 9000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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