Zharnel Hughes targets World Championships podium after breaking Linford Christie’s record, says 'sky is the limit'

Zharnel Hughes is targeting a place on the World Championships podium after breaking Linford Christie’s 30-year-old British 100m record. Hughes, 27, ran 9.83 seconds at the New York Grand Prix to pass Christie’s record of 9.87 which was set at the World Championships in 1993. Ad It was the fastest 100m time of the season and the second fastest ever by a European athlete.

AthleticsHughes breaks Christie’s 30-year British 100m record with 9.83 runYESTERDAY AT 08:49 Hughes now has his sights on a 100m and 200m double at July’s UK Championships, which also includes the trials for the World Championships later in the summer. “We're still in June, and the World Championships are in August, so I'm pretty sure I can still go a lot faster," Hughes told the BBC. «I just need to stay focused and consistent and we'll get there.

The sky is the limit. »When we get closer we'll decide what we'll do in Budapest, maybe even a double. «But I'm looking forward to running the 100m and I think my time would be enough to get me on the podium.

»Why not shoot for the podium?" Hughes, who won 200m gold at the European Championships last summer, says it was a “surreal moment” to break Christie’s record. Hughes breaks Christie's 100m record in New York Kipyegon smashes 5000m world record He also revealed how he wrote down his exact time before the race along with the words “have faith”. «I'm just so happy to achieve a major milestone in my career,» he added.

«It is something I have been working towards but my main focus wasn't to go there and break the record, it was to execute my race properly. »I wrote it down but you still have to go there and do it. «When I saw that exact time come up on the board, it was surreal.