To the winner of the Olympic 100m goes the accolade “The world’s fastest man/woman.” It is a discipline where the focus of achievement in terms of improved performance and/or in terms of defeating opponents is measured in tiny time increments: increments of personal performance improvement may be as small as 1/100th second; while the difference between a gold and silver medal may require examination of photo finish detail to 1/100th second.
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