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    Michael Norman isn't letting the coronavirus outbreak slow his Olympic ambitions

    by Dylan Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Jul 25, 2020 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Before the coronavirus outbreak postponed the Olympics, this was supposed to be the opening week of the Tokyo Games, a realization that has surely prompted would-be competitors to ask themselves: What if ... ?

    The voice inside of Michael Norman's head is especially loud.

    A state champion at Vista Murrieta (Calif.) High and national champion at USC, Norman is to track and field what Zion Williamson is to basketball or what Lamar Jackson is to football. Still only 22, he posted the world's fastest 400-meter time in each of the last two years.

    Which is why what he did Monday sent shockwaves throughout his sport.

    At a small meet in Texas, Norman won a 100-meter race in a wind-legal 9.86 seconds.

    That's more than fast. That's Carl Lewis

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