Zharnel Hughes says coach Glen Mills tells him he has similar traits to Usain Bolt | Athletics News

Zharnel Hughes turned Britain’s quickest ever man on Saturday as he broke Linford Christie’s 100m nationwide file of 9.87 by 0.04 seconds; Hughes believes he can go “even faster” on the 2023 Athletics World Championships in Budapest, which occur in August.

Zharnel Hughes says coach Glen Mills has instructed him he has similar traits to Usain Bolt after the British sprinter set a brand new males’s 100m nationwide file.

Hughes broke Linford Christie’s 30-year file by 0.04 seconds with a time of 9.83 as he gained the New York City Grand Prix on Saturday.

Mills performed a key position within the improvement of Bolt, who got here to fame on the 2008 Beijing Olympics by setting new world data within the males’s 100m and 200m, earlier than going even quicker a 12 months later on the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

“He always compares the both of us at times. He’s always like, ‘I see similar traits in you than what I see in Usain’,” Hughes instructed Sky Sports News.

“I’m a little bit shorter than Usain, so my frequency is much faster, but we have a lot of similar attributes in regards to how we run. So I think that’s the exciting bit that my coach likes about it.”

Hughes remarkably predicted his 9.83 time on Saturday morning, prior to the race, with the phrases “have faith” written subsequent to it.

He says he’s been feeling good in coaching and simply needed to have “fun out there”.

“It’s been a long time coming. I’m just grateful for the opportunity and humble as well,” Hughes added.

“I didn’t know I would run that exact time, I just got up in the morning and wrote that number. I closed the book and left it there.

“When I bought on the market on the monitor I used to be specializing in competing and giving the perfect efficiency I can probably give. It was only a matter of executing the race and as soon as I did that, all the pieces got here collectively.”

Hughes’ 9.83 was the second fastest time by a European man

Hughes: I can be even faster at World Championships

Hughes’ 9.83 was also the fastest time in the world this year and the next major event for the 27-year-old is the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on August 19 to 27.

Christie remains Britain’s only men’s 100m world champion, while Dwain Chambers in 1999 and Darren Campbell in 2003 took bronze medals.

“Linford is a superb man. He has set the bar excessive for us and confirmed the world that Great Britain is one thing to be reckoned with.

Hughes turned European 200m males’s champion final 12 months

“For me, he’s always been an inspirational person. Anytime I’m in the UK, he’s always there to help. I will always have respect for him.”

Asked what his plans are for the rest of the season, together with on the World Championships, Hughes added: “I want to stay focused and put in the work. I just got back from the gym so the work continues.

“It’s buzzing in all places. I can do properly, however I’ve to get myself there. Once I do this, the preparation. I’m fairly certain as soon as I get to the World Championships, I will be even quicker.”