Usain Bolt

10 Fastest Marathoners on Record-Eligible Course: Men

Usain BOLT

With plateaus reaching an average height of 1500m, Kenyans get to experience “high-altitude training” daily, and such an environment lends itself well to running. At higher altitudes, air is thin and oxygen is scarce. The human body thus adapts by producing more red-blood cells to capture the limited oxygen around.

Bolt retired from Olympic competition following the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, capping one of the most dominant stretches for a sprinter in the history of track and field.

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Mary Cain

PSG star Kylian Mbappe clocked 38kph… faster than Usain Bolt’s speed in his 100m world record. Kylian Mbappe recorded a speed of 38kph against Monaco – which amazingly is faster than Usain Bolt during his 100m world record.

Wilma Glodean Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph had an astounding success when she won 3 gold medals in the same 1956 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman in America to ever experience such triumph. This earned her the title of “The Fastest Woman in the World.” Rudolph was one of the most inspirational black women in America and overseas.

She won three gold medals and broke at least three world records. Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at the same Olympic game. Her performance also earned her the title of “the fastest woman in the world.”

Robert Eldridgem. 1963–1980

Rudolph has helped to open and run inner city sports clinics and has served as a consultant to university track teams. She also founded her own organization, the Wilma Rudolph Foundation, dedicated to promoting amateur athletics.

54 years (1940–1994)

Wilma Rudolph was the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics. At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Rudolph became “the fastest woman in the world” and the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics.

Wilma Rudolph is a hero because of her outstanding accomplishments. She worked for what she wanted to achieve like most heroes. She was a great role model for people in her era and is still a role model for athletes now. She displays courage, passion, and devotion towards her sport.

Deceased (1940–1994)

10 Fast Facts About Wilma Rudolph

• Wilma Rudolph faced poverty and polio as a child.
• Wilma Rudolph originally wanted to play basketball.
• Wilma Rudolph made her Olympic debut as a teenager.
• After her gold medals, Wilma Rudolph insisted on a racially integrated homecoming.
• Muhammad Ali had a crush on Wilma Rudolph.
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