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	Sunday, June 26, 2005

World's Fastest Man  (On Life ) Jamaican Asafa Powell officially broke the world record for 100 meters when he ran the distance in 9.77 seconds on June 14, 2005.  He eclipsed the world record of Tim Montgomery's previous attempt of 9.78 seconds set on September 14, 2002, and the 9.79 seconds set by Maurice Greene of the US established on June 16, 1999. It took almost 3 years to better the record 0.1%, which took almost another three years previously to break by another 1/100 of a second. The 100 meters was ran in 10 seconds flat by Armin Mary of West Germany in June 21, 1960.  That was before I was born. That means after thousands of attempts worldwide the last 45 years , the world record has for 100 meters has improved by 0.22 seconds, which is probably the time it takes to bat an eyelash. Trying to score excellence is now a matter of being a split hundred seconds faster than the competition.  Ditto for business and in many endeavors.   7:25:33 AM     comment []   trackback []