Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt knows he could have aimed even higher with the shoe technology athletes currently enjoy. Retired sprint king Usain Bolt believes he could have taken his 100m record below 9.5s if he was using the “super spikes” current athletes enjoy. His 100m world record of 9.58s was set at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. Sprinting legend Usain Bolt talks about his experience of drinking champagne in zero gravity. New shoe technology has produced a carbon plate and an ultra-responsive foam sole, which returns energy to the foot via the spike.

Source: Stuff July 08, 2021 22:54 UTC