10-second barrier

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The 10-second barrier is the physical and psychological barrier of completing the 100-meter sprint in under ten seconds. The achievement is traditionally regarded as the hallmark of a world-class male sprinter. Its significance has become less important since the late 1990s, as an increasing number of runners have surpassed the ten seconds mark. The current men's world record holder is Usain Bolt, who clocked a time of 9.58 seconds at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin on 16 August 2009. Jim Hines was the first person to ever officially run the 100 metres under 10 seconds at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. The fastest non-winning sub-10 performance was by Tyson Gay who clocked 9.71 in 2009 as a runner-up. The only quadragenarian to have run a sub-10 is Kim Collins who ran his personal best time of 9.93 in 2016 at 40 years old, earning him the nickname Ageless Wonder. Justin Gatlin chronologically held the longest streak of sub-10 performances in history, having a sub-10 career in a time...

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