Stephen Awuah Baffour never ceases to amaze: after having won the Italian under 23 title at the end of July with the excellent time of 10.24 (news that perhaps went unnoticed given that the Paris 2024 Olympics had begun that very weekend), he imposed on the 100 meters at Stratford (north-east London, UK) with the excellent time of 10.17 (1.7 m/s tailwind).
Il 20 year old sprintera member of the Battaglio Cus Torino and based in Coventry (he was born in Rome), thus approached the all-time Italian top-10 on the straight. He is currently thirteenth in the all-time rankings and even the fifth Italian in the seasonal rankings, where Marcell Jacobs stands out with the 9.85 of the Games followed by Chituru Ali with the 9.96 of Turku.
Stephen Awuah Baffour ha finished third in their series behind the Irishman Israel Olatunde (10.12) and the British Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (10.14). It doesn’t end here, because the Italian sprinter has He also competed in the 200 metres, equalling his personal best of 20.71 (0.8 m/s of breeze at the shoulders) achieved three weeks ago at the Italian Under 23 Championships.