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WATCH: Usain Bolt ties NFL Combine’s fastest 40-yard dash

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Usain Bolt is 32 years old and retired, but still looks fast as ever.

At a Super Bowl week event in Atlanta, Bolt – in sweats and sneakers – ran a 4.22-second 40-yard dash, tying the NFL Combine record. One would presume that he could break the record if he properly dressed for the run. The NFL Combine record belongs to Cincinatti Bengals WR John Ross. The Washington product set the record at the 2017 combine. For all that is made about “SEC speed,” there’s only one conference standout to have run a sub-4.30 40-yard dash since 1999 (when electronic timing started being used): Georgia great Champ Bailey. He ran a 4.28-second 40-yard dash in 1999.

Bailey is of course in the headlines this weekend as a newly announced inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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