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“Paris 2024”, athlete Franko Burraj qualifies from Men’s 100m Preliminary Round and breaks personal record

TIRANA, August 3/ATA/ Albanian athlete Franko Burraj has put his best foot forward at his first challenge in the “Paris 2024” Olympic Games.

Burraj has managed to qualify from the men’s 100m preliminary round and has also broken his personal record, as he managed to achieve the result of 10.6 seconds.

25-year-old Burraj finished the second the Heat 3 in the 100-meter race. Noa Jerrel Gary (Mauritani) ranked first, Favoris Muzrapov (Tajikistan) was ranked third, while Felix Chun Hei Diu (Hong Kong) was fourth.

Furthermore, the first two places of every heat automatically qualify, while the 12 athletes are joined by 4 others, who have managed to record the fastest times.