On Sep. 9th in Rieti, Italy Astafa Powell set a new world record in the Mens 100m sprint. The new record time is 9.74; three hundredths of a second faster then the previous record — also set by Powell. Three hundredths is the largest jump since Maurice Green lowered the mark by five hundredths in [...]
58 minutes 33 seconds is the new half-marathon world record set by Samuel Wanjiru on March 7th and ratified by the IAAF on Wednesday. His pace works out to approximately 4:47 minutes/mile, and he averaged well over 13 MPH over the distance.
IAAF press release
BBC article
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