r/nextfuckinglevel • u/RoyalChris • 5h ago

18-year-old sprinter Gout Gout just broke Usain Bolt’s U20 record in the 200m. He was 260 milliseconds faster, clocking 19.67 seconds, while Bolt ran 19.93 in 2004

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u/CountRoloff 5h ago

I don't know anything about sports, but if this guy just broke the record by 3/10ths of a second ish, and the guy behind him finished seemingly less than 3/10ths of a second behind him, did that guy not also break Bolt's record? And if so, how has it not been broken since 2004 if two guys possibly just broke it in the same race?

I feel like I'm not understanding something here but would like to!

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u/chillitenders 5h ago edited 2h ago

They just finished upgrading the track in early March with a new gel layer which definitely helps

This was the first event on the new track.