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'''Justin Gatlin''' (born ], ]) is an ] ]. He currently shares the human ] in the ] sprint (with ]) with a time of 9.77 seconds (pending ratification). '''Justin Gatlin''' (born ], ]) is an ] ]. He currently shares the human ] in the ] sprint (with ]) with a time of 9.77 seconds (pending ratification).


This guy is a fast man
==Biography==
Justin Gatlin was born in ]. He attended ] in ].

In the fall of ], ], Gatlin clocked a 100 m time of 9.88 seconds to win the ] in ]. Starting as a favorite and with world record holder ] not competing due to injury, Gatlin beat his competitors by the widest margin ever seen at a men's World Championship 100 m to capture the Olympic-World Championship double. Gatlin also won the 200 m, becoming the second person in athletics history to win both sprint distances during a single World Championship (the first was Maurice Greene in ]). In the 200 m event, American athletes earned the top four places, the first time any country had done so in World Championship athletics history.

On ], ], Gatlin, running in the final of the ] Super Tour meeting in ], ], equalled the 100m world record of seconds (set in 2005 by Jamaica's ]). It had originally been thought that he had beaten the record, with a time of 9.76 seconds. In a controversial decision, however, the IAAF revealed on ] that his time had been 9.766 seconds, which was subsequently rounded up to 9.77, in line with regulations.

Gatlin is currently living and training in ] where he also attends ]. He is a regular competitor on ]'s show '']'', which pits professional athletes against nonprofessionals.


==See also== ==See also==

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|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" | Men's Athletics

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Athens|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 100 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Silver medal – second place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Athens|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 4x100 m Relay

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Athens|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 200 m |} Justin Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is an American sprinter. He currently shares the human world record in the 100 m sprint (with Asafa Powell) with a time of 9.77 seconds (pending ratification).

This guy is a fast man

See also

External links

Olympic champions in men's 100 metres

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