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On 3 May 2008, Bolt ran a time of 9.76 s, with a 1.8 m/s (6.5 km/h; 4.0 mph) tail wind, improving his personal best from 10.03 s. [71] This was the second-fastest legal performance in the history of the event, second only to compatriot Asafa Powell 's 9.74 s record set the previous year in Rieti , Italy. [ 72 ]
The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [248] [249] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-meter (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
At last year’s world championships, Lyles won the 100-meter and 200-meter races – a double he’s trying to repeat in the Olympics on Thursday night after winning the 100m on Sunday – and ...
The men's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4−5 August. [1] This meet was announced as the last competition for Usain Bolt . The race was won by Justin Gatlin of the United States, ahead of Gatlin's team-mate Christian Coleman , with Usain Bolt finishing third.
The figures are bronze plated and attached to a pentagonal base plate. The tallest figure is 10 1 ⁄ 4 inches high (26 cm). The trophy's base is 7 1 ⁄ 2 inches high (19 cm), and is made from solid walnut. The total height of the trophy is 17 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (45 cm), and it weighs 25 lb (11 kg).
Sturgess was "drafted" by the Harlem Globetrotters in August 2011 [2] and is the tallest ever to play for the team, earning him the nickname "Tiny". [3] [4] He joined the team with fellow rookie Jonte "Too Tall" Hall, who, at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) was 2.5 ft (76 cm) shorter than Sturgess and was the shortest Globetrotters player ever at that time.