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You saw my list of sub 10.20 sprinters who played NFL football.
I also posted those at sub9.3 for yards.
Here is those at 9.3/9.4
9.3
JD Hill
Travis Williams
Henry Carr
Cecil Turner
Len Wills
Isacc Curtis
Gerald Tinker
Stone Johnson
John Roberick
Larry Burton
Ray Norton
Frank Budd 9.2 forgot him above
Johnny Jones
9.4
Homer Jones
Mark Duper
Joe Delaney
Trendon Jackson
Butch Woolfolk
Ken Burroughs
Now look at both lists, that is a lot of speed.
Watch this.
Now give me a list of fast soccerites and their times, ya can't do it,nobody can, there are no fast soccerites just that simple.
Hell, neither Bo Jackson or Herschel Walker are even listed, and both were far faster than any soccerite.
Soccer rejects:
9.58 - Usain Bolt - 6'5
9.86 - Francis Obikwelu - 6'3
9.97 - Adam Gemili - 5'10
10.04 - Darren Campbell - 6'1
Besides, I always thought 100m was a super-arbitrary distance, where a huge part of its glamorization was the fact that it requires almost zero time or patience to view, and the US is good at it.
If you want a rational distance for humans to compete over, it should be either:
- 8,849 m: equivalent to the highest peak on earth, above sea level.
- 11,034 m: equivalent to the deepest part of the ocean on earth, below sea level.
- 19,883 m: equivalent to the highest peak on earth, above sea level, to the deepest part of the ocean on earth, below sea level.
...but I think we know why those distances would never take off in major broadcast markets:
Men's 10,000 m, all-time best (top 8 all represent countries in Eastern Africa; Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya)
Men's 20 km road, all-time best (top 17 all represent countries in Eastern Africa; Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda)
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