EXPLAINED: How ‘rock star’ Noah Lyles, Letsile Tebogo beat Usain Bolt’s top speed, yet missed 9.58s World Record | Paris Olympics 2024 News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Is raw speed enough to break records in the high-stakes world of sprinting? At the Paris Olympics, the question was put to test in the men’s 100m race final as all the finalists clocked sub-10-second finishes, with the top six runners surpassing Usain Bolt‘s ‘top speed’ of 27.8 mph.However, despite the impressive timings,…

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EXPLAINED: How five thousandths of a second decided Noah Lyles’s 100m gold at Paris Olympics | Paris Olympics 2024 News – Times of India

Paris Olympics witnessed the closest ever men’s 100m final in modern history and two statistics highlight that the most. One, the difference between the gold and silver medal was five thousandth of a second. And two, it marked the first ever men’s 100m race where each of the eight runners clocked under 10 seconds with…

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