Israel Olatunde breaks Irish 100m National Record

Olatunde's time is subject to ratification by World Athletics

NEW RECORD: Israel Olatunde has broken his own Irish 100 metre National Record at the Be Fast Today Track Acdemy (BFTTA) at Lee Valley in London Saturday afternoon. Pic: Chani Anderson.

Israel Olatunde has smashed the Irish 100m record in London, the 23-year-old Dundalk sprinter clocking 10.08 at the Be Fast Today Track Academy meeting in Lee Valley on Saturday afternoon.

Olatunde, who relocated to Florida last year to train under coach Lance Brauman and alongside Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles, carved four hundredths of a second off the previous Irish record of 10.12, which he also ran in London last year, and was aided by the perfect tailwind of 2.0m/s - the maximum allowed for record purposes.