Ron­del So­ril­lo went to 2012 Olympics Games in Lon­don Eng­land with high hopes of ad­vanc­ing to the men's 200m fi­nals. How­ev­er, he says a change in his footwear might have been re­spon­si­ble for his fail­ure to full­fil his ex­pec­ta­tions.

The Point Fortin res­i­dent has been im­prov­ing steadi­ly over the years since ad­vanc­ing to the quar­ter­fi­nals at the 2008 Olympics in Bei­jing, Chi­na.

At the 2009 World Cham­pi­onships in Berlin, Ger­many, he reached the semi­fi­nals. He qual­i­fied for last year's Worlds in Deagu, South Ko­rea, af­ter tak­ing his third na­tion­al ti­tle in a per­son­al best time of 20.16. In Daegu he booked a spot in the fi­nals where he fin­ished a cred­itable sev­enth. At the Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships in June ear­li­er this year the Ken­tucky, USA-based ath­lete blazed to third in the men's 100m in per­son­al best clock­ing of 10.03 , low­er­ing his pre­vi­ous pb of 10.11 set in semi­fi­nals ear­li­er in the day.

He then col­lect­ed his fourth na­tion­al half-lap ti­tle in 20.48 and looked ready to ex­plod­ed in Lon­don as he qual­i­fied to run in both sprints. In the Eng­lish cap­i­tal, he fin­ished fifth in the open­ing round heats in 20.76 and was elim­i­nat­ed. Speak­ing re­cent­ly, So­ril­lo said he was not hap­py with his Lon­don ef­forts. "I was dis­ap­point­ed. How­ev­er, I am look­ing for­ward to the 2016 Games (in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)." The 2010 NCAA cham­pi­on list­ed Keshorn Wal­cott's gold medal per­for­mance as his high­light of the Games. "I was at the warm-up track when he won and saw it on the screen. His re­ac­tion when he re­alised he won said it all. I knew he had the po­ten­tial to do it but at the same time it was shock­ing."