Football News - Who's Faster? - 08/05/09

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Football News - Who's Faster? - 08/05/09

Who's faster...Cristiano Ronaldo, Usain Bolt or Asafa Powell? After Ronaldo was clocked running 50 metres in a blistering 5.7 seconds wearing Nike Mercurial Superfly football boots, we decided to pit the flying forward against the world's fastest men, but who do you think is the quickest!

Doubling Cristiano Ronaldo's time, recorded during Manchester United's Champions League semi-final, gives us a 100 metre time of 11.4 seconds. Breath-taking speed during a match, but how would he fair against sprinters Bolt and Powell?

Well, we've already seen Asafa Powell run 100m on grass wearing the Nike Mercurial SL football boots (click here to see) recording a time of 9.94 seconds. Unfortunately we've yet to see Puma wearer Usain Bolt, but we'd imagine he'd wear Puma's ultimate speed boots the v1.815, and when you consider he is the current world record holder with 9.69 seconds its gonna be fast!

Of course, there are a few other contenders to consider such as Theo Walcott and Gabby Agbonlahor, so...

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