Thomas_Merton Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Jamaican Asafa Powell set a new men's 100m record of 9.77 seconds at the Athens Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. The 22-year-old bettered American Tim Montgomery's previous mark of 9.78, which he set at the Paris Grand Prix in September 2002, by 100th of a second. The world record will be consolation for Powell, who had gone to the Athens Olympics as favourite only to trail home fifth behind winner Justin Gatlin. Powell topped the 2005 world rankings but now goes into the history books. American Jim Hines became the first man to dip below the 10-second mark in 1968. Since then the world mark has been lowered nine times - twice by nine-time Olympic gold medallist American Carl Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnoorsapl Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Glad to see winners, other than Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Glad to see winners, other than Americans. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> He was quoted as saying he could go faster! But, just how fast can the human body go under its' own power?It's always good to see a new world record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi lurker Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Human cheetah....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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