14-year-old James Gallaugher has run 200m in 21.73 sec, which is about 0.08 sec faster than Bolt's record at that age.
Melbourne: Fourteen-year-old Australia schoolboy James Gallaugher has entered record books by upstaging Usain Bolt's 200-metre record when the Jamaican was 14.
Gallaugher, who originally hails from thew NSW southcoast, ran 200m in 21.73 seconds this weekend, which not only is a record for his age group but is also about 0.08 sec faster than Bolt's record as a 14-year-old.
The Aussie teenager broke the record in Townsville, News.com.au has reported. Gallaugher is among the Australians pressing claim for selection in the Australian squad for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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