Is the World Catching Up to the American Sprinters?
Posted February 9th, 2008 at 11:42 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Track & Field
Here’s something you don’t see every day. So far in 2008, the top 6 times in the world at the 60 meter distance belong to sprinters who are not Americans:
Samuel Francis (QAT) 6.54
Samuel Francis (QAT) 6.55
Yahya Al-Gahes (KSA) 6.56
Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) 6.56
Craig Pickering (GBR) 6.57
Olusoji A. Fasuba (NGR) 6.57
A time of 6.54 is not exactly burning up the track (last year, American Marcus Brunson topped the world indoor 60m list with a 6.46 and Maurice Greene holds the world record of 6.39) so that probably means the season is still pretty early. Still, I can help but wonder if perhaps the rest of the world is catching up to the Americans in the sprints like the Americans seem to be doing in the distance races. If that’s the case, we may be entering a new era of track & field in which anyone – from any country – could win any race.
Source: [IAAF]
Related Stories:
- Top Triple-Threat Sprinters of All Time (Women)
- Top Triple-Threat Sprinters of All Time (Men)
- World Catching Up To Kenya in 10,000 Meter Run
- Chicago Marathon ‘07: O’Neil, in her debut, is beginning to catch up after 10 miles
- Is the World catching
up to the Kenyans?
Tags: 60 meter dash, 60m, sprinting, track and field
Like what you see? Subscribe to our feed!
The Final Sprint