Usain Bolt Races Fastest-Ever Human in Simulation As World Record Broken
Usain Bolt raced the "fastest-ever human" in a mindblowing race simulation produced on YouTube.
Bolt remains the fastest man alive, holding the world records for the 100m and 200m races. Even after years on from his retirement from athletics, nobody has come close to Bolt's astonishing time of his 9.58 - achieved back in 2009.
Despite the feats of Noah Lyles, Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville, Bolt is still in his own lane as the ultimate sprinter.
It was was claimed that the Jamaican sensation's record could be beaten if an innovative 'super track' - said to be 20 per cent faster than the Paris Olympic track - is approved by the World Athletics.
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But in a new experiment, YouTuber Motion Athlete decided to pit Bolt against the human speed limit in a new video.
The video, which has already amassed nearly 500,000 views, sees Bolt run against the "theoretical maximum speed a sprinter can reach in the future".
This exact speed was determined by physiological factors and followed on from Peter Weyand, a biochemist and director of the Locomotor Performance Laboratory at Southern Methodist University in Dallas stating that, "If you put together a perfect human being and the perfect race, I could certainly see something in the low 9.40 second range".
With fans packing into the stadium, Bolt and 'MotionBot' went head-to-head in a one-on-one race and it was the latter , with perfect reaction time, maximum legal tailwind and super spikes, who immediately stormed ahead and claimed a stunning time of 9.33 seconds.
Those aforementioned factors were then pushed to the limit and increased - resulting in Bolt getting much closer at the second attempt.
For the third and final race, he was given a pair of super spikes which further aided Bolt's performance and saw the eight-time Olympic medallist claim a new world record time of 9.41 seconds.
Who does Bolt think can break his record?
Bolt's successors are still far away from being on his level despite excellent showings on the track but the 39-year-old believes his compatriot Seville is best-placed to usurp him in the near future.
Seville trains under Glen Mills, who played a key role in Bolt's unparalleled success.
"I feel like Oblique can do it. If he can stay fit during the season and get it right, I feel he can do it, because I am sure there is something there, the ability to do it," Bolt said on The Fix Podcast.
"Some of the time Oblique can be fragile. It’s a matter of the work situation or whatever, but if he’s doing enough work, he can do it.
"It’s a matter of time because he’s not missed the finals yet, so it’s just to get over the hump.
"He’s the master and he just needs to find the right season, stay clean and do the right thing, and if the coach believes him and the coach says. It’s just that he needs to put it all together."
He ran a career best 9.77 seconds to win the men's 100m title at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
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