KIRANI JAMES, just 19, from Grenada became the youngest winner of the Olympic 400m title and his country's first Olympic champion last night.
His time of 43.94 was the fastest seen in Britain, removing the all-comers' best of world record-holder Michael Johnson, and putting him in an elite club.
Only 10 men have ever broken 44 seconds, and there appears much more to come from the elegant, relaxed James who added this to World gold he won in Daegu, Korea last year.
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