Usain Bolt: 9.55 seconds

Sunday, October 5, 2008 around 4 pm mountain time

On Bolt’s World Record:

Some physicists have worked out what Usain Bolt’s time in the 100 meters in Beijing would have been if he hadn’t started celebrating before the finish line: 9.55 seconds. The original paper is here. I tried doing this the day after the race but even the HD footage wasn’t good enough to see the tick marks on the track and I didn’t want to mess around with all the angles. (via justin blanton)

(via Kottke)

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