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Usain Bolt says he’s too fast to be contained by the space-time continuum

He’s already in 2017.
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Usain Bolt says he’s too fast to be contained by the space-time continuum
Usain Bolt says he’s too fast to be contained by the space-time continuum

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After the show he put on at the Olympics this summer, is there anything about Usain Bolt’s speed you wouldn’t believe? What if he said he was fast enough to transcend space and time?

So, Bolt is saying he moves faster than the earth orbits the sun. The speed of the earth’s orbit around the sun is 19 miles per second, or about 67,000 miles per hour. At that speed, Bolt would run the 100m in .0032 seconds, which sounds about right. 

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Dan Gartland
DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland writes Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, and is the host of the “Stadium Wonders” video series. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).

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