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The Great Manchester 150 is run on a specially built tartan track in the city center of Manchester.
British sprinters Mark Lewis-Francis and Simeon Williamson will also be in the field,
I’ll bet he plans to watch his favorite football (soccer) team, Manchester United, play at Old Trafford after the race!
Just to put this in perspective:
The unofficial “world best” is Italy’s Olympic 200m champion Pietro Mennea in 1983 in 14.8sec.
In 1997, Donovan Bailey ran 14.99 on an indoor 150m track at the Skydome, Toronto, Canada.
UPDATE: Check back on this site in a few hours for the latest Usain Bolt Great Manchester 150 meter Video!
Jimson Lee
Coach & Founder at SpeedEndurance.com
I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. My other projects include the Bud Winter Foundation, writer for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Track & Field Writers of America.
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