Burrell Gets 2 Chances, 1 World Record
Leroy Burrell, upset that his world record in the 60-meter dash was nullified because he had jumped the gun, ran the distance a second time Wednesday and again broke the record in an indoor meet at Madrid.
Burrell was timed in 6.4 seconds in the first race, but the judges ruled that he left the starting blocks too soon.
The judges decided to re-run the race after 10 minutes, and Burrell then was timed in 6.48, breaking the record of 6.50 set by Lee McRae in 1987 at Indianapolis.
In the repeat race, Mark Witherspoon was second in 6.59, and Nigeria’s Chidi Imoh was third in 6.68.
In other events, former UCLA stars Greg Foster and Danny Everett won the 60-meter hurdles and 400 meters, being timed in 7.48 and 47.33, respectively.
Leonid Voloshin of the Soviet Union won the triple jump with a leap of 57 feet 7 1/4 inches. In women’s competition, Jamaica’s Marlene Ottey won the 60 meters in 7.12.
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