Gatlin breaks world record

Olympic champion Justin Gatlin broke the 100m world record by clocking a time of 9.76 seconds in the Doha Super Grand Prix in Qatar.

Fri, 12 May, 2006 - 20:56

Olympic champion Justin Gatlin broke the 100m world record by clocking a time of 9.76 seconds in the Doha Super Grand Prix in Qatar.

Gatlin, 24, also the winner of last summer’s World Championships gold medal, beat Asafa Powell’s 11-month-old record by one hundredth of a second on the desert leg of the IAAF World Athletics tour.

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Courts Athletics Heathrow Place: Qatar Place: Athens Place: Europe Person: Gatlin Person: Justin Gatlin Person: Asafa Powell Event: Olympic Event: Doha Super Grand Prix Event: World Championships Event: World Athletics Event: 2004 Olympic Organisation: IAAF

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