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Saturday, Sept. 14, 2002

MONGOMERY BREAKS 100M WORLD RECORD

INDIANAPOLIS ^ Tim Montgomery, in the past the bridesmaid to Maurice Greene in the 100-meter dash, seized the title of World,s Fastest Human on Saturday as American athletes swept to the overall IAAF Grand Prix titles in Paris.

Running with the maximum tailwind allowed of 2.0 meters per second and getting off to a fast start with a virtually perfect reaction time of .104 seconds, Montgomery clocked 9.78 in the 100m at the IAAF Grand Prix Final, breaking Greene,s world record of 9.79, set in 1999 in Athens, Greece. Dwain Chambers of Great Britain was a distant second to Montgomery in 9.87, tying the European record. American Jon Drummond was third in 9.97.

This is the end of a great season for me, I knew I was in great shape and today everything was just perfect, Montgomery said. ,,The wind was perfect (2.0), my reaction time was almost perfect (0.104), but that is what you need to break world records. I only realized I had done something special after finishing when my coach ran towards me on the track and lifted me up in the air.

Also lifting Montgomery was a payday of $250,000 and the overall IAAF Grand Prix crown. The 2001 U.S. 100m champion, 2001 World Championships silver medalist (behind Greene) and 2002 U.S. runner-up (also behind Greene) won $50,000 for winning the race, $100,000 for topping the Grand Prix point standings and $100,000 for the world record.