Athletics: Coleman stock continues to rise with record indoor dash

Athletics - World Athletics Championships – men’s 4 x 100 meters relay heats – London Stadium, London, Britain – August 12, 2017 – Christian Coleman of the U.S. competes.

(Reuters) - Double world silver medallist Christian Coleman was keen to keep his name in the spotlight after a breakthrough campaign and the American sprinter ensured that was the case with an astonishing dash on Friday.

The 21-year-old continued his meteoric rise to the upper echelons of global sprinting when he shattered a two-decade old 60 metres world record with a blazing time of 6.37 seconds at Clemson, South Carolina.