Richard Mille

Richard Mille wishes to congratulate its new sports partner, sprinter Yohan Blake, for his magnificent performance on Thursday 23rd August in Lausanne, where he once again left his mark on the world of sport. The 22-year-old Jamaican, (current world champion over 100 metres and triple medal winner in London), became the third-fastest sprinter of all time, recording a 100 m time of 9.69 seconds, beating his

personal best by six hundredths of a second.

THE JAMAICAN SPRINTER YOHAN BLAKE, PARTNER OF THE RICHARD MILLE BRAND, IS CROWNED KING OF THE STADIUM IN LAUSANNE!

Like the brand's other sports partners, Yohan Blake, who already has an impressive list of achievements under his belt and is regarded as one of the world's fastest men, wears a Richard Mille watch during competitions. His tourbillon prototype features the colours of the Jamaican flag, with a green flange and crown, yellow minute-markers and a yellow Velcro® strap.

After motor racing, golf, polo and tennis, sprinting is providing Richard Mille with a new, larger-than-life laboratory. By placing a tourbillon watch on Yohan Blake's wrist during competitions – a first in the history of sprinting – the brand is able to test the resilience of this exceptional timepiece in extreme conditions, assessing its performance and comfort when faced with typical racing constraints.

Yohan Blake: key dates

2005 : 100 m bronze medal winner and 4 x 100 m relay gold medal winner at the World Junior Championships in Beijing.

2008 : silver medal at the World Junior Championships in Poland in the 4 x 100 m relay.

2009 : youngest athlete to break the 10-second barrier over 100 m (9.96 seconds).

2010 : new 100 m personal best at the London Meeting (9.89 seconds).

2011: double victory at the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. Yohan Blake becomes the youngest ever 100 m world champion (9.92 seconds) and smashes the world 4 x 100 m relay record (37.04 seconds).

April 2012 : wins the 100 m in 9.90 seconds at the UTech Classics in Kingston, recording the year's best finish over this distance worldwide. He then improves on this performance just a few days later at the Cayman Invitational Meeting in the Cayman Islands, with a time of 9.81 seconds.

Late June 2012 : in Kingston, at the Jamaican selections for London 2012, beating his own personal record with 9.75 seconds and achieves the year's best performance over this distance worldwide. Two days later, he takes the 200 m in 19.80 seconds, signing the year's best time over this distance once again.

August – London 2012 : silver medals in the 100 m, equalling his personal best (9.75 seconds), and in the 200 m (19.44 seconds). Gold medal in the 4 x 100 m relay (36.84 seconds).

August 2012 – Diamond League in Lausanne: Yohan Blake wins the 100 m (9.69 seconds), becoming the third-fastest athlete of all time over this distance, and beating his own personal best.

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