Since his several record-breaking performances in 2008, Usain Bolt has owned the track.
Well, parts of it, that is.
Despite the six-time Olympic gold medalist's dominance in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, he has never once attempted four trips around the track—or in other words, a mile.
Unbelievable as it may be, the discovery comes directly from the sprinter's agent, Ricky Simms, who summarized the scoop to the New Yorker's Charles Bethea by stating, "Usain has never run a mile."
But perhaps it's best to leave Bolt's 1,600-meter run as a dream, after all.
"Speed over short distances does not automatically guarantee relative speed over long distances," said Ross Tucker, an exercise physiology professor at University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, per Bethea.
So the world's fastest man may very well be mortal when confronted with the mile?
Now that seems like a fantasy.
