Tallaght's Israel Olatunde smashes Irish 100m record in London

His time of 10.12 today would have been good enough for fourth in this year’s European final.

RECORD SMASHER: Tallaght AC's Israel Olatunde broke his own Irish 100m record by 0.05. Photo by Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

Israel Olatunde has smashed his Irish 100m record in London, the 22-year-old clocking 10.12 (+1.7m/s) at the NEB Open to take a whopping 0.05 off the previous mark.

Competing in Newham, the Tallaght AC sprinter produced the performance of his life to beat Britain’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (10.14) and Stephen Baffour (10.17). Also in the race was Clonliffe’s Marcus Lawler, who came home seventh in 10.35.