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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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Kosuke Fukui / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

Sani Brown 2nd Japanese to break 10 seconds in 100 meters

BALTIMORE -- Abdul Hakim Sani Brown became the second Japanese sprinter to run the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds on Saturday.

The 20-year-old track star of the University of Florida clocked 9.99 with a tailwind of 1.8 meters per second in the final round of the Southeastern Conference Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.

The first Japanese sprinter to break the 10-second mark was Yoshihide Kiryu, who finished in 9.98 at the Japan Intercollegiate Championships in September 2017.

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