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On the Road & Around the Track: TFS News Briefs 9/10/07

Posted September 10th, 2007 at 2:02 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, TFS News Briefs

Asafa Powell:
“I Can Do 9.68 Seconds”
Asafa Powell, after running a new world record of 9.74 seconds at a minor meet in Italy on Sunday, said, “This means that I can do even 9.68 secs, I’m worth that time, I know it.” Read more at: [SportingLife.com]

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New World Record in Women’s 100K
Norimi Sakurai of Japan set a new women’s 100K world record Saturday at the Stichting Ultraloop Winschoten in Holland. Her time of 7:00:27 broke the previous record set by American Ann Trason at the same race in 1995. Read more at: [Runnersweb.com]
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Japan’s Norimi Sakurai Sets Women’s World 100-K Record

Posted September 10th, 2007 at 9:15 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field

At last Saturday’s Stichting Ultraloop Winschoten in Holland, host of the IAU World Cup 100-K Championships, Norimi Sakurai of Japan came tantalizingly close to breaking the seven hour barrier, recording a new world road record for the distance of 7:00:27.

According to records kept by the Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS), the previous record was 7:00:48 by American Ann Trason set on the same 10 km, ten-loop course in Winschoten back in 1995. Tomoe Abe of Japan ran faster on a point-to-point course in Yubetsu, Japan, in 2000 (6:33:11), but that mark is not recognized as a world record because of the possible aid of wind or gravity.
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