Fans think they 'could smash' Usain Bolt in 10k race after hearing what he said about the distance

Usain Bolt may be the fastest man live but fans think they could beat him in a race after seeing his latest admission.

Bolt is an eight-time gold medallist and the proud holder of the world record of the fastest ever 100m and 200m times.

The Jamaican ran 100m in an insane time of 9.58 at the World Championships back in 2009, as well as sprinting 200m in 19.19 seconds in the same competition.

For the 100 metres, he recorded a top speed of 27.8mph [44.72 km/h] and it's unlikely it will ever be beaten.

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It takes around 15 seconds for an average human to run 100m and Bolt blitzed a load of random people during an appearance on the Late Late Show.

Yet people have been given hope that they could get the better of him at longer distance after he revealed he has never ran longer than 800 metres.

In a video on TikTok, Bolt was asked if he ever ran a 5k or 10k during his "easy days" and he replied: "Nah. I ran an 800 (metres). I don't do laps."

And after Bolt highlighted his lack of experience running distance, members of the public have concluded that they could beat him.

One wrote: "Gives me hope that I'd smash Usain Bolt in a 10k race."

Another said: "Fastest man alive. I think I can take Bolt in the 10k!".

A third added: "Bolt don't have the endurance like marathoners. He is built for sprints and his leg muscles/muscle mass is what separates him from marathoners."

A fourth commented: "Maybe I could out run him."

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A final user wrote: "He's disgusted even by the question."

Bolt did use to run 400 metres back in the day but stopped because the training was too much.

"I don't want to do 400m," he said in 2010, as per The Independent.

"A lot of people want me to but I don't want to do it. But if I have to do it I guess I will do it.

"If it takes that for me to become a legend in the sport I guess I will but otherwise I wouldn't want to do it."