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Old 08-27-2008, 03:18 PM   #24
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Default Re: Who is the best athlete at the Olympics - Phelps or Bolt?

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Originally Posted by Olorin View Post
One thing I just noticed in the Bolt story, his 100m record was 9.69 s and 200 m was 19.30 s. That means he ran faster in the 200 m than the 100!

(2x9.69=19.38 s)

The average speed of the record for 200m has been higher than that of 100m for more almost 40 years now. You spend less %age of your time accelerating in 200m.
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