Trayvon Bromell was once seen as the world’s next great sprinter.Bromell took the crown as the fastest teenager in history for his high school and collegiate accomplishments, which led many to believe he would contend with Usain Bolt. In 2013, at 17 years old, Bromell became the first high schooler to break the 10-second barrier under any conditions in the 100 meters, running a wind-aided 9.99.Unfortunately for the teenager, the race was wind-assisted, with a +4.0 m/s tailwind, which was +2.0 m/s above the legal limit for records.However, a year later, he would make his official mark in history, wind be damned.As a freshman at Baylor in 2014, Bromell had a breakout year, becoming the first freshman in nearly 10 years to win the 100 meters at the Outdoor Championships.He ran a wind-legal 9.97, which tied the world junior record and made him the first teenager ever to run a sub-10 wind-legal 100 meters.His meteoric rise over the next two years on the NCAA and World Championship stage put him on a collision course to challenge Bolt at the 2016 Summer Olympics.Bromell made no secret of his goal to take home the 100m gold and defeat Bolt in his final Olympic appearance.Bromell ran a 10.13 in his first 100m heat, finishing in second behind Ben Youssef Meite of the Ivory Coast.In the semifinal, Bromell finished third in 10.01 seconds, behind Andre De Grasse and Bolt, but edged Chijindu Ujah by 2 milliseconds to claim the final qualifying spot.The 100m Olympic final ended the same way it did for everyone else who challenged Bolt: staring at the back of his head as he crossed the finish line.Bolt made quick work of everyone at the Olympics in 2016GettyBromell left in a wheelchairGettyBromell finished eighth in 10.06 seconds.However, the young U.S. star’s most memorable moment came in the 4 × 100 m final, when he had to leave the track in a wheelchair.Bromell, running as Team USA’s anchor, dove for the finish line in an attempt to beat Japan and Canada, but ended up re-aggravating a previous Achilles injury.However, it gave USA the bronze medal, with Bolt and Jamaica taking gold, and Japan squeezing ahead for silver.The medical team had to take Bromell off in a wheelchair, and it was later revealed he had torn his Achilles once again.As if things couldn’t get worse, a review showed Team USA’s first exchange was illegal, costing them the bronze medal, which was awarded to Canada. Bromell’s diving effort and torn Achilles was all for naught.Over the next few years, the young star battled injuries and consistency issues, never fully returning to the top—where, for him, meant being mentioned in the same breath as Bolt.All those names were just footnotes, as Bolt continued to dominate year after year.