Last updated: 08/02/08
Pickering sets world’s fastest time

University of Bath student Craig Pickering became the fastest man in the world over 60m this year at the Norwich Union International in Glasgow on January 26.

Pickering was defending his 60m indoor title and he blew away the competition, capitalizing on a great start to run an impressive 6.57 seconds.

Furthermore, Pickering’s win lifted Britain from third to first in the mini-championship at the event, ousting the United States and Germany to win by one point.

Pickering led home a British 1-2-3 in the 60m, beating Simeon Williamson and fellow Bath Student Ryan Scott into second and third respectively. Scott had become the fastest sprinter in the country with a time of 6.70, which he set at a Birmingham meet on the January 19, before Pickering destroyed that time.

by George Kotschy