Indian Man 'Breaks' Usain Bolt's 100m World Record, But There Are Two Big Caveats
People are claiming a man in India has broken Usain Bolt's 100m sprint world record, but for two very obvious reasons, we're not so sure.
Usain Bolt might well be one of the most talented athletes to have ever lived, and also one of the most recognizable faces on the planet. The feats Bolt pulled off while competing for Jamaica at the Olympic Games might never be beaten. The most impressive of those feats is the world record he holds in the 100m sprint.
Bolt's record stands at an incredible 9.58 seconds. Many people believe it's a record that will never be beaten. The expectation is that it will at least stand for years, if not decades. Or has it already been beaten? Some in India are claiming a man recently broke Bolt's record reports Metro, but we're not sure the record will be considered an official one by well, anyone at all.
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New "record holder" Srinivasa Gowda is a 28-year-old construction worker. No offense to construction workers, but we're already skeptical. In his downtime, Gowda competes in an Indian sport known as Kambala. It requires its competitors to run through a rice field while tied to two buffaloes. The surface of a soaking wet rice field will have provided a disadvantage for Gowda over Bolt, but being dragged by two buffalo will have been a big plus.
Kambala races take place over 142m which Gowda and his buffalo managed to cover in 13.42 seconds. Apparently, that means he will have hit the 100m mark in 9.55 seconds, so three-hundredths of a second quicker than Bolt. We're unsure as to whether Kambala officials used math to work that out, or if they measure times at the 100m mark as well as the end of the race.
All told, Bolt almost definitely doesn't have anything to worry about. Even with officials from Guinness present to record another attempt by Gowda, we can't imagine it will count as a 100m record considering the circumstances. The attention the clip has received has resulted in Gowda making a late push to compete at this year's Olympics, though. With only a few months left to train, that chance might have come a little too late.
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