> One Australian physiologist calculated in 2014 that a sprinter with Bolt’s force could maintain it while also cutting contact time with the ground to just 70

> One Australian physiologist calculated in 2014 that a sprinter with Bolt’s force could maintain it while also cutting contact time with the ground to just 70 milliseconds (down from 80 or so). This would result in a top speed of 12.75 meters per second, or 28.53mph – and a new world record of 9.27 seconds. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/03/how-fast-can-we-go-the-science-of-sprinting https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/03/how-fas... ------------------------------- A more realistic assessment