IAAF sanctions Bolt’s record
Published:Monday | August 4, 2008 | 2:44 PM
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has ratified Usain Bolt’s 100-metre record.
The announcement was made today at the IAAF base in Monaco.
The Jamaican sprinter ran the 100 metres in 9.72 seconds on May 31 in New York, breaking countryman Asafa Powell’s previous mark of 9.74.
Bolt intends to compete in both the 100 and 200 at the Beijing Olympics, which open Friday.
The IAAF also ratified Dayron Robles’ 110-metre hurdles record and Dire Tune’s one hour run record.
Robles set his record of 12.87 seconds on June 12 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The Cuban broke the previous record of 12.88, which had been held by Chinese sprinter Liu Xiang.
On the same day as Robles, Tune of Ethiopia ran 18,517 metres in one hour to break Tegla Loroupe’s record of 18,340.