Simbine’s time is a hundreth of a second faster than the 9.85 seconds Nigeria’s Olusoji Fasuba ran in 2006 in Doha, Qatar.
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Blake, the second-fastest in the field this season behind Akani Simbine of South Africa, edged Great Britain’s Adam Gemili
Blake had been widely tipped to top the podium on the Gold Coast, with many going as far as to proclaim him the heir-apparent to retired compatriot Usain Bolt as the king of sprint.