Sydney Sido Siame (born 7 October 1997) is a Zambian sprinter. He competed in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won a gold medal at the

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. A run of 9.88 seconds was recorded for the 100 m in

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in 2017, but Siame's time was excluded from the global lists on the basis of doubtful timing. This would have been the first time a Zambian had broken the

10-second barrier The 10-second barrier is the physical and psychological barrier of completing the 100 metres sprint in under ten seconds. The achievement is traditionally regarded as the hallmark of a world-class male sprinter. Its significance has become less i ...

and a highly unusual improvement of 0.34 seconds for the athlete.Siame’s 9.88s record scrapped
Times of Zambia (16 July 2017). Retrieved 17 June 2018.

Competition record

¹Disqualified in the semifinals ²Disqualified in the final ³Postponed from 2020 due to the

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Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 10.06 (+1.1 m/s, Šamorín 2018) *

– 20.16 (+1.5 m/s, La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siame, Sydney 1997 births Living people People from Isoka District Zambian male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Zambia Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games gold medalists for Zambia Youth Olympic gold medalists for Zambia Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Zambia