The American sprinter high-fives a spectatior in a tracksuit at the finish-line after his 100m effort
Gatlin is likely to be Usain Bolt's main rival at the Rio Olympics after running him close in Beijing last year
Justin Gatlin breaks Usain Bolt's 100m record with 9.45 second dash on
Japanese television show... but it wouldn't count
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Justin Gatlin ran 100m in
9.45 seconds appearing on a Japanese TV show
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Fastest time ever
recorded in competition is Usain Bolt's 9.58 in Berlin
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Gatlin was running with a
20mph tailwind provided by a giant fan
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American is expected to
be Bolt's main sprint rival at Rio Olympics
It was always going to take something
special to beat Usain Bolt's unfathomable 100m record, but sprint rival Justin
Gatlin has recruited a secret weapon ahead of their showdown in Rio this
summer.
The 34-year-old smashed Bolt's 9’58’s time set at the
Berlin World Championships in 2009 on Japanese TV show Kasupe!
However, Gatlin was backed by a wind machine blasting
20mph gusts down the track as he hurtled towards the finish line in 9’45’s
seconds.
The time wouldn't have counted had the
wind been natural, with the huge tail-wind more than four times the legal limit
for competition.
But that didn't stop the assembled Japanese crowd on the
sidelines from letting out squeals and jumping to their feet and clapping the
American.
Bolt (right) will be looking to win his seventh, eighth and ninth Olympic gold medals this year
Bolt trounced Gatlin and in the 200m final in Beijing, which is the Jamaican's favourite event
'We are gonna bring it back to the USA, to LA
to New York. We are going on a tour around the country with it around my neck
like a gold chain.'
Bolt, who usually prefers to do his talking on the track, appeared to
respond on his Instagram account just a few days later.
'Keep talking and I will keep working hard #Foreverfaster
#SecuringTheLegacy #Blessed,' the world record holder over 100 and 200m wrote.
Bolt will be chasing his seventh, eighth and ninth Olympic gold medals
in Rio this summer, after claiming three at both of the last two games in
London and Beijin
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