Israel Olatunde targeting 10-second barrier after he clips .05 off his own former mark of 10.17 to set new Irish 100m record of 10.12 at Newham in London on Sunday
New target comes into view after he clips .05 off his own former mark of 10.17 at Newham in London on Sunday afternoon
“Right now, my only goal now is to run as fast as I can,” Olatunde said. “If I do that the records will come, over the years, they will fall. Loads of respect for Paul Hession, Irish records at 60m, 100m, and 200m. That’s so impressive, honestly. But records are meant to be broken, it just means something right is being doing in the sport.”
According to the evolution of Irish national records published by Athletics Ireland, the first acknowledgment of Ireland’s fastest man was the 100 yards record of 10-and-one-half seconds set by William Armstrong at the College Races in Trinity College Park, in May 1867. After improving Hession’s mark in August 2022, Olatunde appeared set to continue in that fast lane but, despite an encouraging start to 2023 when he took down the Irish 60m indoor record which had also stood to Hession since 2007, his progression unquestionably stalled.
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