Tallaght AC athlete continues return to form that puts him in sight of being the first Irish sprinter to break 10-second mark
Israel Olatunde took .05 of a second off his Irish 100m record at the NEB Open meeting in London on Sunday afternoon. Photograph: Tyler Miller/Sportsfilehas broken his own Irish 100 metres record, clocking a brilliant 10.12 seconds to win at the NEB Open meeting in London on Sunday afternoon.
With that the 22-year-old Dublin sprinter took a full .05 off his previous mark set two years ago, the wind reading of 1.7m/s inside the legal limit of 2.0m/s.His previous Irish record of 10.17 seconds was set when finishing sixth in the 2022 European Championships final in Munich, which eclipsed Paul Hession’s mark of 10.18, which had stood since 2007. It also brings him within chasing distance of the 10-second barrier.
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