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22-yr-old athlete breaks Bolt's 200m record, then discovers he only ran 185m
short by Anmol Sharma / on Friday, 10 July, 2020
US' 22-year-old sprinter Noah Lyles was denied a 200m world record in Inspiration Games after it was revealed he ran only 185m because of a "blunder" by organisers. The 22-year-old's 200m time of 18.90 seconds would have bettered the 19.19 mark set by Usain Bolt in 2009. It turned out Lyles began from the wrong starting block, only running 185m.
read more at The Guardian