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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fred Kerley ran 100 metres in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds Sunday night to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts and untied shoes.
Kerley, who predicted Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds would get “destroyed,” ran a time that would have placed him last at the Paris Olympics two years ago, where he ran 9.81 and won bronze.
The only athlete to win the $1 million bonus for going faster than the world record over the four hours of swimming, weightlifting, and track in the specially built stadium on the Las Vegas Strip was Kristian Gkolomeev, who closed the night by swimming the 50-metre free in 20.81 seconds.
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