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Usain Bolt once named 'the only man in the world' who could beat him in a race

To this day, nobody has beaten Bolt's 100m record, but the man himself admitted that one person could be faster.

Jack Kenmare

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Topics: Usain Bolt, Olympics, Athletics

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is the Senior Journalist for SPORTbible, one of the world’s biggest social publishers. He specialises in long-form feature writing and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day. He has a BA (Hons) in Journalism and News Practice.

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Usain Bolt once named 'the only man in the world' who could beat him in a race

To this day, nobody has beaten Bolt's 100m record, but the man himself admitted that one person could be faster.

Usain Bolt once named 'the only man in the world' who could beat him in a race

To this day, nobody has beaten Bolt's 100m record, but the man himself admitted that one person could be faster.

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The record has stood since 1993.

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The race at London 2012 will go down in history for all the wrong reasons.

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