NEW YORK — Justin Gatlin is the world 100m champion. Usain Bolt is the Olympic 100m champion and world-record holder.
So who holds the title of world’s fastest man?
“I would consider myself the world’s fastest man because I won the [most recent] title,” at worlds in August, Gatlin said earlier this month at the USATF Black Tie and Sneakers Gala. “But you have to pay homage to Usain Bolt. He has the fastest times in the world.”
Carl Lewis, a two-time Olympic 100m champion, agreed.
“The one who won [a global title] last is the world’s fastest man,” Lewis said.