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The 2015 edition of the World Athletics <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Jason-Dufner-Wins-The-PGA-Championship/articleshow/21770198.cms">Championships</a> is scheduled to start from 22<sup>nd</sup> August and go on till 30<sup>th</sup> August in Beijing, China. This sporting extravaganza is touted to be the largest event to take place in the Beijing National Stadium after the 2008 Summer Olympics.<br />
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Comprising <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Blade-Runner-Or-Beijing/articleshow/21423827.cms">runners</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/The-Most-Inspiring-Running-Video-Ever/articleshow/21276544.cms">running</a> faster than the speed of lightning and world-class rivalries, a matter of seconds will play the all-important role of deciding who earns gold and who earns silver at this edition of the World Championships.<br />
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With just one day to go for the festivities to begin, we take you through the lives of the five fastest men on Earth.<br />
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<strong>1. </strong><strong><keyword id="28723" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Usain-Bolt">Usain Bolt</keyword></strong><br />
Twenty-eight year old Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is a name familiar to most of us. Widely regarded as the fastest person ever, he had announced on February that he would retire after the 2017 World Championships, making this his second-last run. Among his many achievements, one that stands out is undoubtedly him being the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records.<br />
At the world championships this year, Bolt will face Justin Gaitlin for the first time and their race which will take place on Sunday evening in Beijing is easily going to be the most anticipated race.<br />
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<strong>2. </strong><strong><keyword id="74856" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Tyson-Gay">Tyson Gay</keyword></strong><br />
Thirty-three year old American track and field sprinter Tyson Gay is the second fastest athlete, with his 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds making the American record. Gay is also a four-time U.S champion in the 100 m.<br />
In July 2013, Gay had tested positive for a banned substance, following which he withdrew from consideration for the World Championships in Moscow, leading to the United States Anti-Doping Agency suspending him till 23 June, 2014 and stripping him off his silver medal earned at the 2012 Summer Olympics.<br /> At the world championships this year, he is looking to emerge victorious against Justin Gaitlin, who defeated him and <keyword id="77839" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Asafa-Powell">Asafa Powell</keyword> in a 100m in Lausanne, Switzerland in July, which was considered a preview of the World Championships.<br />
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<strong>3. </strong><strong><keyword id="143714" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Yohan-Blake">Yohan Blake</keyword></strong><br />
Twenty-three year old Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake became the youngest 100 m champion when he won the gold medal at the 2011 world championships. Nicknamed, ‘The Beast,” Blake’s 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds equaled him with Tyson Gay for the distinction of the second fastest man. Blake is also the only man, apart from Usain Bolt to break the 19.30 in the 200 m.<br />
At the World Championships this year, Blake should look towards overcoming the fear of an injury, as said by his coach Glen Mills.<br />
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<strong>4. </strong><strong>Asafa Powell</strong><br />
Thirty-two year old Asafa Powell, another Jamaican sprinter who specializes in 100 m races, held the 100 m world record for almost three years, between June 2005 to May, 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively.<br />
Powell had won the men’s 100 m event at the Luzern meet this June after clocking 9.87 seconds. At the World Championships this year, he is eyeing for nothing, but gold.<br />
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<strong>5. </strong><strong><keyword id="143216" type="PERSON" weightage="80" keywordseo="Justin-Gatlin">Justin Gatlin</keyword></strong><br />
Thirty- three year old American sprinter, Justin Gaitlin is a twice World indoor champion in the 60-metre dash, who clocked his 100 m personal best of 9.74 seconds, this May in Doha.<br />
Going head-on with Usain Bolt in the 100m and 200m races at this World Championships, Gaitlin is unfazed of the big ‘bad guy’ tag handed down to him, in case he defeats Bolt.<br />
Gaitlin also refuses to consider himself as a ‘doping cheat,’ arguing that his testing positive for a stimulant for the first time was a result of medication he was using over the years. The second, he claimed was a result of a masseur rubbing testosterone cream into his legs.<br />
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World Athletics Championships: Meet the five fastest men on Earth

<keyword id="6354486" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Virat-Kohli">Virat Kohli</keyword> has signed an eight-year deal with sports lifestyle brand Puma worth about Rs 110 crore and with this the Indian cricket team captain has become the first Indian sportsperson to sign a Rs 100-crore endorsement deal with a single brand. He will be joining the likes of Jamaican sprinters <keyword id="28723" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Usain-Bolt">Usain Bolt</keyword> and Asafa Powell, and footballers <keyword id="6036" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Thierry-Henry">Thierry Henry</keyword> and <keyword id="955974" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Oliver-Giroud">Oliver Giroud</keyword> - among others - as a global ambassador for the brand.<br />
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Kohli will be working with the German company to launch a signature line of sports lifestyle products with a special logo and brand identity.<br />
<br /> "It's a privilege to be part of a great list of athletes that Puma has. Not just today's icons like Usain Bolt but also the brand's rich history with <keyword id="96776" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pele">Pele</keyword>, Maradona, Thierry Henry and others. Both Puma and I are committed to a long-term partnership. I am impressed by the way Puma has gained popularity and market leadership in India in a short period of time," Kohli told TOI.<br />
<br /> Similarly, <keyword id="6354267" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sachin-Tendulkar">Sachin Tendulkar</keyword> and <keyword id="10138" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</keyword> have been in the Rs 100-crore club through multi-year contract with sports and talent management agencies, which in turn brought a plethora of brands for endorsement deals.<br />
<br /> In 2013, Kohli had signed a Rs 10-crore per-annum, three-year deal with sports goods giant <keyword id="6377547" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Adidas">Adidas</keyword>, but this ended when both parties decided not to renew the contract last December. The signing up with Puma, however, puts the dynamic cricketer in a new league altogether.<br />
<br /> "Virat has transformed the way fitness is looked at in Indian cricket. He has emphasized the role of an athlete and reshaping cricket in the millennial culture, thus endorsing our brand ethos. He is a youth icon with an effortless style," <keyword id="567332" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Puma-India">Puma India</keyword> MD <keyword id="2522565" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Abhishek-Ganguly">Abhishek Ganguly</keyword> told TOI.<br />
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Puma is expected to work with Kohli in markets like UK, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East and "wherever Cricket is relevant."

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<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table full"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>American sprinter Trayvon Bromell, a 19-year-old who goes to Baylor, had a historic weekend at the&#xa0;USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships.<p>In the prelims he ran the 100 meters in 9.84 seconds. It's the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/27/trayvon-bromell-sprinting-world-us-trials">fastest time ever for a teenager</a> and ties for the 2nd-fastest time of 2015. At age 19 Bromell is the <a href="http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_100ok.htm">10th-fastest man of all time,</a> and the <a href="https://twitter.com/nzaccardi/status/614242504796471296">4th-fastest American</a>. He went on to finish second to Tyson Gay in the 100m finals at the US Championships, which earned him a spot on the US team at the World Championships in Beijing in August.</p><p>"I started slowing down, I didn't want to run too fast and wear myself out," <a href="http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/252246-USATF-Outdoor-Championships-2015/video/772973-Trayvon-Bromell-runs-wind-legal-984-in-prelims#.VZFXee1VhHw">he said after his historic performance</a>. "I'm really surprised. When I slowed it down I didn't think I was going to run that fast. Man it's crazy. I didn't try to run that fast in prelims."</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><p>Any American posting these sorts of times would be the talk of the track world, but what makes Bromell's story so special is his age. Historically, sprinters peak in their 20s. Alistair Tweedale&#xa0;of the Telegraph <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11703204/The-next-Usain-Bolt-Trayvon-Bromell-is-the-fastest-teenager-ever.html">dug into the numbers and found that the five fastest active sprinters</a> - Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Yohan Blake - only Blake broke 10 seconds before age 20.</p><p>Bromell is <a href="https://twitter.com/usatf/status/614633824534663168">the first US teenager to ever qualify for the worlds in the 100m</a>.</p><p>Baylor coach Todd Harbour told USA Today's Paul Myerberg that <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/06/27/trayvon-bromell-track-and-field-world-championship-baylor-university-star/29381627/">it's only a matter of time before a shoe company offers him a monster deal to go pro:</a></p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">"If he runs the way he's been running … my gosh. It's going to be hard for some of these shoe companies not to say, 'This is the next one. This is the guy we've been waiting for.' They've been waiting for the next great sprinter to come along."</p><p>Bromell's assent to the top of the US track world has been rapid. He <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/27/trayvon-bromell-sprinting-world-us-trials">broke his left hip in 10th grade</a>, but two years later he set the high school record in the 100m at 9.9 seconds and won the Gatorade Track &amp; Field Athlete of the Year award. A year later he <a href="http://deadspin.com/college-freshman-runs-wind-aided-9-77-second-100-meters-1578685146">posted a wind-aided 9.77 at the Big 12 championships</a>, which only intensified the <a href="http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/02/trayvon-bromell-zharnel-hughes-track-and-field/">"Next Big Thing" hype</a>.</p><div><div></div></div><p class="embed-spacer"></p><p>&#xa0;</p><p>In early June&#xa0;<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/2015-division-i-mens-and-womens-track-and-field-championship">he got beat the NCAA finals</a>, but his performance at the US Championships put him back on track. In August, he'll face off against Bolt, Powell, and the others in the biggest event of the year.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/1996-chicago-bulls-michael-jordan-where-are-they-now-2015-6">WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The historic 1996 Chicago Bulls championship team</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VubjJ0dTqzvHoRlL_KGEDy0h1RAXeoXk" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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