HOME Eclectic	Usain Bolt to run 100 meters in 9.5 seconds? If you watched the last summer Olympics, you obviously know who Usain Bolt is. If you did not, well here is a scoop for you: he is the fastest man ever who has set a new world record in the 100 meter dash during the Beijing Olympics. His record stands at 9.69 seconds, which is quite a feat as most humans will never be able to run this distance even below 12 seconds. He could have run it even faster had he not started celebrating while still running on the track as we all well remember. He outpaced his rivals so badly that he set a new world record and still found the time to celebrate his victory before the finish. Amazing! A bunch of physicists from the University of Oslo in Norway, have just calculated that had Bolt continued to the finish line just like most sprinters do on such occasions, that is without, like, stopping for a drink, he would have set an even more amazing record of 9.55 seconds, in the best case scenario. These fellows also believe that he is likely to bring down his own record to 9.5 sec in the near future given favorable circumstances such as a little bit of wind in the back that was totally absent on the track in Beijing. Their paper was recently submitted to some electronic archive, where physicists like to submit their work for a broader distribution, and can be checked out here. It's probably too technical for most people, but the main conclusions are spelled out well enough for everyone to understand.       One Simple Trade   Beverly Hills
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