RIP Jim Hines, sprinter, first to sprint 100 m in less than 10 seconds

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Jim Hines, who in 1968 became the first man to sprint 100 meters in under 10 seconds, and later that year won a gold medal in that distance at the Olympic Games in Mexico City with a blistering time of 9.95 seconds, a mark that stood as a world record for 15 years, died on Saturday. He was 76.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65692022

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/06/05/jim-hines-dies-100-meters-olympics/