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Correction for the speed of Usain Bolt

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How fast is 790 yards per minute?
It's about one-and-one-fifth times as fast as Usain Bolt
The speed of Usain Bolt is about 676 yards per minute.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008) (a.k.a. Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D.) (sprinter; 1986-)
Setting a world record, Usain Bolt ran a 100 m in 0:09.69 for an average speed of 678 yards per minute at the 2008 Olympics. Furthermore, Bolt's margin of record breaking — 0.03 s — is the largest margin of victory in the history of digital measurements.
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