The 2024 Olympic track and field is about to begin, with runners like the USA’s Noah Lyles, Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo set to go head-to-head in the men’s 100m event. In the women’s race, the American Sha’Carri Richardson will face off against Julien Alfred from Saint Lucia. The world record for the women’s 100m is still held by Florence Griffith Joyner, who ran with a time of 10.49 seconds in 1988. The men’s record is held by Usain Bolt, with his 2009 time of 9.58 seconds. So what would it look like if some of the fastest runners in the 100m race’s history ran against each other, and how do Australia’s speediest athletes compare?

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2024 05:08 UTC