Taiwan News
Date: 2017/05/08
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)–New national records were set on Monday in the men’s 100-
Hank Yang (楊俊瀚), dubbed the fastest man in Taiwan, clocked a time of 10.22 seconds in the men’s 100-meter sprint Monday at this year’s National Intercollegiate Athletic Games. (By Central News Agency)
meter sprint and the 110m hurdles at this year’s National Intercollegiate Athletic Games being held at National Taiwan University.
Hank Yang (楊俊瀚), dubbed the fastest man in Taiwan, clocked a time of 10.22 seconds in the men’s 100-meter sprint, smashing the national record of 10.28 seconds set by Yi Wei-chen (易緯鎮) in 2012.
Yang from National Taiwan University of Sport was awarded a cash prize of NT$60,000 (US$1,990) by the Chinese Taipei Athletics Association for breaking the record.
The world record in the event is 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt of Jamaica in 2009.
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