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Posts Tagged ‘100m’


Asafa Powell equals world record (again)

Asafa Powell has run 100 meters in 9.77 seconds for the third time, this time in Zurich at the Weltklasse Golden League meet earlier today. “It felt good out there,” said Powell, who led from start to finish, with American Tyson Gay finishing second in a personal best of 9.84. [...] His latest record run [...]

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Will we ever see two athletes under 9.77 in the same race?

Justin Gatlin and Asafa Powell have dominated the 100 meter sprint for the past few years. Asafa Powell set the bar at 9.77 seconds in June of 2005. Justin Gatlin broke that record in 9.76 on May 12, 2006, only to later be corrected and to have his time adjusted to a record-tying 9.77 seconds. [...]

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Justin Gatlin did not break 100m world record…

Apparantly, there was a rounding error last week when Justin Gatlin broke the world record in the 100 meters. His official timing came through in 9.766, which means that his time should have been manually rounded up to 9.77 before being reported. This means that he did not in fact break the record, he only [...]

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Justin Gatlin breaks 100 meter world record

Recent 100m Records 9.90: Leroy Burell (US), June 14, 1991 9.86: Carl Lewis (US), August 08, 1991 9.85: Leroy Burrell (US), July 06, 1994 9.84: Donovan Bailey (Can), July 27, 1996 9.79: Maurice Greene (US), June 16, 1999 9.78: Tim Montgomery (US), September 14, 2002 9.77: Asafa Powell (Jam), June 14, 2005 9.76 9.77: Justin [...]

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Gatlin vs Powell in World Domination

Justin Gatlin wants to be a dominant force in the world of sprinting. From ESPN: “When you look at people like Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Maurice Greene, the key to their success was not world records — it was their dominance,” Gatlin told reporters ahead of his return to the track at Friday’s Zurich Golden [...]

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