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Correction for the speed of Usain Bolt

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How fast is 60.40 kilometers per hour?
It's about one-and-three-fifths times as fast as Usain Bolt
The speed of Usain Bolt is about 37.10 kilometers per hour.
(at the Beijing Olympics, 2008) (a.k.a. Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D.) (sprinter; 1986-)
Setting a world record, Usain Bolt ran a 100 m in 0:09.69 for an average speed of 37.2 kph at the 2008 Olympics. Furthermore, Bolt's margin of record breaking — 0.03 s — is the largest margin of victory in the history of digital measurements.
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