How Usain Bolt can run faster – effortlessly

  • Author: John D. Barrow
  • Published: Apr 04, 2012 - From issue: Volume 9 Issue 2 (April 2012)
  • Doi: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2012.00552.x

Can Usain Bolt cover 100 metres even quicker than his world record? Yes, says John D. Barrow; and he doesn't even have to improve his sprinting ability to do it.

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