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On Sunday, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt broke the 100 meter world record for the third time in his career. Here’s what the stats say about the world’s fastest man.
Length of Sunday’s race: 100 m.
Time: 9.58 s.
Previous record: 9.69 s.
Following wind speed: 2 mph
Fastest speed during race: 29.2 mph
Theoretical limit to human speed: 30 mph (approx.)
Cheetah’s top speed: 70 mph
World records broken by Bolt: 5
Olympic gold medals: 3
World championship gold medals: 1
Bolt’s age: 22
Spectators in attendance: 51,000
Days since Bolt last broke 100 m. record: 365
Seconds Bolt has lowered record in past 15 months: .16
Seconds record lowered in preceding 15 years: .11
Days until 200 m. final: 2
Days until Usain Bolt’s 23rd Birthday: 3
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And he’s got the perfect last name too.
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Wow. I would love to see someone run faster than is “humanly possible”
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Wow – he really shattered the record!
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22 years old and he’s already broken 5 world records… wow.
agree with turner, he’s got the perfect name.
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I love how he looks like he’s not even going full-out. Nuts.
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