Of all land animals, the cheetah is claimed to be the fastest in
the world. To be the fastest cheetah of all cheetahs is a truly
remarkable feat. Sarah, an 11-year-old cheetah held in captivity
at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, has set a world record for
fastest land animal by covering 100 meters in 5.95 seconds. For
comparison, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s human world record
for the 100-meter dash is 9.58 seconds. Sarah broke the record
during a photo shoot with National Geographic Magazine on June
20. She hit a top speed of 61 mph during the record-breaking
event. Check out a video of the performance embedded below. With
her new record, Sarah beat hear personal best of 6.13 seconds
which she set in 2009. Prior to that, the cat at the top of the
100-meter dash was a South African male cheetah named Nyana, who
clocked in at 6.19 seconds. Sarah’s sprint was documented with
help from the National Geographic fund toward cat conservation,
the Big Cats Initiative. Cheetahs are endangered in the wild,
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