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Usain Bolt world record: Justin Gatlin runs fastest 100m time, fan assisted
March 2, 2016 - 1:16PM
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How desperate is Justin Gatlin to beat his arch-nemesis, the world's fastest man Usain Bolt?
Gatlin, forever the also runner to the Jamaican sensation,*has stoked up his looming Rio Olympics rivalry with Bolt by "breaking" Usain's*100m world record.
The American bronze Olympian and second-place getter at last year's World Championships*ran 9.45 seconds to slip inside Bolt's record time of 9.58s set in 2009.
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Rivals: Usain Bolt wins the London Games 100m final. Justin Gatlin, right, took bronze. Photo: Iain McGregor
But*Gatlin*had plenty of help for his audacious stunt which was done on Japanese*TV*gameshow*Kasupe!*for a fee of ¥2million ($A24,434).
Gatlin had a giant fan placed behind him on the start line and four other fans were strategically put*alongside his lane further down the track.*He was literally blown to the finish line with the wind estimated at 32km/h – four times the legal limit.
The artificial*wind assistance Gatlin received for the stunt might make followers of atheltics news cringe.
Gatlin was banned from athletics in 2001 for testing positive for amphetamines, He was banned again in 2006 for doping.*
Stuff.co.nz
http://m.smh.com.au/sport/athletics...t-100m-time-fan-assisted-20160301-gn80ab.html
Usain Bolt world record: Justin Gatlin runs fastest 100m time, fan assisted
March 2, 2016 - 1:16PM
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0:37
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0:48
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Usain Bolt 100m world record smashed
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How desperate is Justin Gatlin to beat his arch-nemesis, the world's fastest man Usain Bolt?
Gatlin, forever the also runner to the Jamaican sensation,*has stoked up his looming Rio Olympics rivalry with Bolt by "breaking" Usain's*100m world record.
The American bronze Olympian and second-place getter at last year's World Championships*ran 9.45 seconds to slip inside Bolt's record time of 9.58s set in 2009.
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Rivals: Usain Bolt wins the London Games 100m final. Justin Gatlin, right, took bronze. Photo: Iain McGregor
But*Gatlin*had plenty of help for his audacious stunt which was done on Japanese*TV*gameshow*Kasupe!*for a fee of ¥2million ($A24,434).
Gatlin had a giant fan placed behind him on the start line and four other fans were strategically put*alongside his lane further down the track.*He was literally blown to the finish line with the wind estimated at 32km/h – four times the legal limit.
The artificial*wind assistance Gatlin received for the stunt might make followers of atheltics news cringe.
Gatlin was banned from athletics in 2001 for testing positive for amphetamines, He was banned again in 2006 for doping.*
Stuff.co.nz
