What are the top speeds of these athletes? Snowboard racer, downhill skiing racer, speed skating sprinter, track and field sprinter?

Brainyblonde

Maurice Greene, joint holder of the 50-m indoor record with Canada's Donovan Bailey, has also run the fastest 100-m, in 9.79 sec. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=51642 At 154.17 MPH, Harry Egger holds the title as the world's fastest speed skier. On the same day, in May 1999, Daren Powell clocked in at 125.463 MPH on his snowboard. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/34/flash4.html Speek skating 500 meters, 34.30 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speed_skating_records Aug 23 06, 2:50 PM

Jubal

Thanks! Aug 23 06, 10:23 PM

gmackematix

Actually, Asafa Powell holds the 100 metre record with a run of 9.77 seconds last year which he equalled in 2006. Although I must point out that by having longer to accelerate, 200 metre runners like Michael Johnson and 4 x 100 metre relay runners can reach higher running speeds than 100 metre runners. This is despite the "fastest man on earth" tag that 100 metre sprinters get labelled with. http://www.runnersweb.com/running/fastest.html Aug 27 06, 10:23 AM

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