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06-14-2005, 02:13 PM
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100 metres world record broken
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06-14-2005, 02:13 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
Yay.
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06-14-2005, 02:19 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
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. The 22-year-old spoke confidently about surpassing Montgomery's mark after he clocked 9.84 - the joint-third fastest time in history - in Kingston last month. And in calm conditions in Greece, Powell's promise paid off as he streaked home ahead of Ghana's Abdul Zakari and compatriot Michael Frater in record time. Britain's Jason Gardener finished a disappointing ninth in 10.29 while Mark Lewis-Francis did not qualify for the final. 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. ive always wanted to do this for when someone only posted the link. woohoo
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06-14-2005, 02:20 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
Yardies rule!
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06-14-2005, 02:21 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
Over/Under on when he is stripped of this due to steriod use?
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06-14-2005, 02:25 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
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Yay. [/ QUOTE ] So glad we have someone to alert us to happenings in all the obscure pseudo-sports.
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06-14-2005, 02:45 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
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metre looks funnier when its pluralized. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah. Is this some soccer thing, or what?
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#9
06-14-2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
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[ QUOTE ] metre looks funnier when its pluralized. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah. Is this some soccer thing, or what? [/ QUOTE ] What the hell is a metre anyway?
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06-14-2005, 02:48 PM
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Re: 100 metres world record broken
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[ QUOTE ] Yay. [/ QUOTE ] So glad we have someone to alert us to happenings in all the obscure pseudo-sports. [/ QUOTE ] What? Are you serious? The 100 m dash is more of a sport than anything else, and it's hardly obscure.
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