I’M JUST POSTING THIS 100 YARDS WORLD RECORD REPORT IN ISOLATION FROM THE OTHER EVENTS IN OSTRAVA BECAUSE OF IT’S RELATIVE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE…
Asafa Powell runs fastest 100 yards
From: AP May 28, 2010 8:23AM
ASAFA Powell improved the best world time in the 100 yards to 9.07 seconds at the Golden Spike meet in the Czech Republic.
Powell broke the previous best of 9.21 set by Charlie Greene of the United States in 1967.
He won the 100m race on a track dampened by a heavy shower in 9.83, the world’s best time this season.
Organisers of the IAAF world challenge in Ostrava series event took the 100 yards (91.41 metres) split time.
The IAAF no longer recognises 100 yards for world records as the sport is officially metric.
In another special event, Usain Bolt won the rarely contested 300m in 30.97 seconds.
Bolt, who holds the world records in the 100 and 200, was boosted by a solid start and cruised to an easy victory.
But the wet track, marked by puddles, prevented him from challenging the world record of 30.85 set by Michael Johnson at Pretoria in 2000.
The IAAF does not recognise a 300 world record as it is not run at major events.
Bolt ran a competitive 300 for the first time, and said he didn’t plan to compete in the distance regularly.
