Yupun Abeykoon scripted history as he became the very first South Asian sprinter to finish a 100m race in less than 10 seconds.
He ran the stretch in a shocking 9.66-second sprint in the Resisprint International World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger meet, held at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. His achievement helps Sri Lanka enter the under-10 club.
With the run, he bettered his own record of 10.06 that he set at the International Athletics Meet in Germany, earlier in the year.
