The Man Who Holds the World Record for Four-Legged Running
a far cry from: very different from or very far from
The fastest running speed ever recorded is 44.7 kilometers per hour. This was achieved by Usain Bolt during a 100-meter race in 2009.
But can humans run even faster? Scientists say our speed is limited by how we run. While running our feet only touch the ground for about 40% of the time. And this time on the ground is when we can push hard to move forward faster. A cheetah touches the ground 70% of the time while running helping it to move much faster than any human.
To run faster, some say we need to run on four legs like animals. Ryuichi Ito holds the world record for running 100 meters on four legs in just over 15 seconds. This is a far cry from the bipedal record of 9.5 seconds in the 100-meter dash, but will two legs always outrun four? Some dubious research published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biomechanics predicts that by 2048, the fastest human will be a quadruped.
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