Who is the legendary sprinter Bolt?

Usain Bolt at World Championships
With 11 gold medals, Bolt is the most decorated male athlete of all time at the World Championships.
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Who is faster Bolt or Gatlin?

Gatlin: One of the fastest men in history

Naturally, Bolt is still miles ahead with his eye-watering world record of 9.58, but Gatlin's electrifying time saw him breathing down the neck of some of the swiftest men to have ever worn spikes.
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Who is the fastest man after Bolt?

After Usain Bolt, the fastest runner to run at lightning speed, the world got his new successoron Sunday. Italy's Lemont Marcell Jacobs won the gold medal in the 100 m sprint race on Sunday. He completed this race of 100 meters in just 9.80 seconds and surpassed Bolt's time of 9.81 seconds.
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Who is the legendary sprinter?

Milkha Singh wins a 400 meter race in 1960. Singh represented India in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Singh famously lost the 400 meters race in a photo finish. He came fourth with a time of 45.73 seconds – an Indian national record which stood for 40 years.
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Who is the fastest sprinter in history?

In 2009 Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set the world record in the 100-meter sprint at 9.58 seconds. For those of us more accustomed to sitting than sprinting, to translate this feat into terms of speed is to simply underscore the stunning nature of Bolt's performance.
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Is Usain Bolt Truly "the Greatest Sprinter of All Time"?



Who was the fastest man before Bolt?

Before Usain Bolt dominated the event, fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell held the world record for the 100 m, setting it twice between 2005 and 2008. He currently ranks fourth on the all-time list of male 100 metre athletes with a time of 9.72 seconds.
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Who had the 100m record before Bolt?

Records since 1977

Jim Hines' October 1968 Olympic gold medal run was the fastest recorded fully electronic 100 metre race up to that date, at 9.95 seconds.
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Who is faster bolt or Cheetah?

A cheetah is 45 miles per hour faster than Usain Bolt. While the answer may not surprise you, Usain Bolt is no match for a cheetah in terms of speed and agility. However, with adequate training, Usain Bolt may have enough endurance to beat a cheetah in an endurance or long-distance competition.
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Who is the new fastest man alive?

By Logan Reardon • Published August 1, 2021 • Updated on August 1, 2021 at 10:08 am. The Tokyo Olympics officially crowned Italian Lamont Jacobs as the new fastest man alive on Sunday morning. Jacobs ran the best 100m race of his life, posting a personal best time of 9.80 in the final race.
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Who's the fastest kid in the world?

It is none other than Rudolph Ingram, an eight-year-old from America, who goes by the name Blaze. Ingram's speed and skill have captured the attention of many. Dubbed 'the fastest kid in the world', Ingram may leave you in awe too.
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Who has beaten Bolt?

Justin Gatlin's strong finish gave him the 100m crown at the 2017 IAAF World Championships as he defeated Christian Coleman and Usain Bolt, who was competing in his final 100m sprint.
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Did Bolt beat Justin Gatlin?

As booing echoed around the Olympic stadium in London on 5 August, the on-track cameraman circled Justin Gatlin as he bowed at the feet of Usain Bolt. The American had stunned the world by beating Bolt in the Jamaican's last 100m final, only to be received as a pantomime villain.
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What record did Allyson Felix break of Usain Bolt?

Allyson Felix's first gold medal as a mom came with this added significance, too — she broke her tie with Usain Bolt for the most gold medals in world championships history with 12. “So special, to have my daughter here watching means the world to me,” Felix told Lewis Johnson on NBCSN. “It's been a crazy year for me.”
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Did Milkha won Olympic medal?

He might have dominated the continental stage - his back-to-back gold medals at the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games a testament to this - but one race that Milkha Singh fondly remembers is the one where he turned out to be a gallant loser, finishing fourth at the Rome 1960 Olympics.
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Did Milkha Singh break the world record?

The movie later shows Milkha recording a time of 45.8 seconds in one of his practice runs before the 1960 Olympics, thus unofficially 'breaking' the world record.
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Who called Milkha Singh Flying Sikh?

Milkha had then beaten Khaliq, the 1958 Asian Games champion in 100m, in a 200m event which was closely noticed by General Ayub Khan who gave him the moniker 'Flying Sikh'.
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Did Milkha Singh won in Pakistan?

I became Flying Sikh upon defeating him. My fame is due to him.” Milkha Singh recieves the gold medal after beating Pakistan's Abdul Khaliq (in white and on left) in the 200m final in 1958 Tokyo Asian Games. Two years later, Milkha again defeated Khaliq in Lahore.
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Who broke 10 second 100m?

Back in 1968, Jim Hines made international news as the first man to ever finish the 100-meter dash in under 10 seconds officially. Nowadays, that feat may just be enough to avoid last place.
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Who is the fastest person on earth?

At the record-winning event, Usain Bolt's average ground speed was 37.58km/h, whilst reaching a top speed of 44.72km/h in the 60-80m stretch – numbers fitting for the world's fastest man. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is regarded as the fastest man on the planet.
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Who is the slowest man in the world?

Shizo Kanakuri is the exception. He holds the world record for the slowest time in the Olympic marathon. He finished the race after 54 years, eight months, six days, 5 hours and 32 minutes.
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