Human vs Animal Animpics: Sprint 100m

How do humans stack up against our animal relatives in different sports?  There are a lot of sports that we will never be able to answer the question for because animals would not play by the rules or could not use the required equipment.  For example, finding an animal team to play hockey is out of the question.  But some sports are possible for animals, especially the classic individual track and field events.

So let us organize the world's first Human vs Animal Animpics and hand out the medals to see who does best overall.  Now one thing is that the humans get to choose their best athlete in each category.  Human athletes have the advantage of specific, hard training to excel in their event.  Animals do not generally train for specific events, but to overcome that disadvantage, we choose the animal competitor for the species most suited to the event.

So first event up: sprinting, in particular the 100 meters.  Who do we pick to represent humans?  Everyone would immediately pick Usain Bolt of course. He is the current world record holder.  And which animal species do we use to represent the non-human competition?  Let's pick a cheetah.  Cheetahs are often said to be the world's fastest land animal.

Now how to set up the event?  Well, we can't run Usain Bolt and a cheetah in the same race.  We already know Bolts' time: it is his world record of 9.58 seconds.  And the video below shows a cheetah called Sarah that did the 100m in 6.130 seconds.



So recapping the event: humans represented by Usain Bolt: 9.58 seconds.
Animals represented by Sarah the Cheetah: 6.130 seconds.

And the gold medal goes to .... THE ANIMALS!

Animpics Standings: Animals 1 Humans 0