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love the rivalry but we all bring the best out of each other. i think you don t have longevity in the game if you not in competitive spirit. i think he always out. jim hines who was the first man to run the one hundred metres in under 10 seconds, has died at the age of 76. the american first broke the record at the us championships in 1968 when he recorded a hand timed 9.9 seconds hines then broke his own record shortly after while winning gold at the 1968 olympics, where an electronic timer in mexico city recorded him at 9.95.his record held for nearly 15 years until calvin smith ran a time of 9.93 in 1983. that is the longest length of time an athlete has held the record for the men s 100m since the international amateur athletic foundation began keeping track 110 years ago. hines was born in the state of arkansas in 1916 but was raised in oakland, california.he had an early love of sport, namely baseball, but showed a real talent for sprinting as a teenager. he attended texas sout

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