Yoshihide Kiryu sprinted off into Japanese athletics history by becoming the first man from his country to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, running a 9.98 at an intercollegiate meet Saturday.Kiryu finally realized a long-held Japanese dream by shaving 0.02 off the national record set by Koji Ito in 1998. The tail wind was 1.8 meters on Saturday in Fukui Prefecture, where Kiryu competed in his last meet as a Toyo University student. 
"I'm thrilled to have done it in my last 100 race of the season," Kiryu said after beating out Shuhei Tada (10.07) in the 100 final. "I'd been stu…READ FULL ARTICLE
