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    'Would have run way faster if I'd continued': Usain Bolt
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    'Would Have Run Way Faster If I'd Continued': Usain Bolt

    By IANS News September 11, 2025 • 13:48 PM View: 580
    Mexico City Games: Usain Bolt believes he could have clocked an astonishing 9.42 seconds in the 100 metres if he had access to today’s advanced carbon-plated "super-spikes".

    The Jamaican sprint legend set his iconic 9.58-second world record at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, breaking his previous best of 9.69 from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Remarkably, his record has now stood for 16 years – surpassing the 14-year reign of Jim Hines’s 9.95 mark, set at the 1968 Mexico City Games.

    Research conducted by Puma – the brand that outfitted Bolt during his legendary career – suggests he could have run the 100 metres in 9.42 seconds using today’s high-tech sprinting shoes. Speaking ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo, Bolt backed the claim, saying, "I fully agree."

    TAGS Usain Bolt World Championships Beijing Olympics Jim Hines Mexico City Games Anne Fraser Kishane Thompson Since Bolt Rio Olympics Noah Lyles Jamaican Oblique Seville
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