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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. Read the rest of this entry »
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