BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 07:51:00
This is what it builds up to. in 192a, harold abrahams took olympic gold in paris by running the 100 metres in 10.6 seconds — a victory immortalised in the film chariots of fire. allan wells couldn t stop breaking british records in the 70s and 80s, including a 100—metres time of 10.25 at the 1980 moscow olympics. in 1993, linford christie became the first brit to run a sub—10 seconds 100 metres, clocking 9.87 seconds in stuttgart. an amazing achievement in itself. that stood until a couple of weeks ago, when zharnel hughes ran it four—hundredths of a second faster, in new york. lets t...