The hundred metres race has been run faster and faster since the first Olympics. It's the showpiece race in athletics and track and field, to see who is the fastest man in the world sprinting over such a short distance. There have been some great running heroes such as Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, and villains like Ben Johnson, and it's always the most explosive race to watch.
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