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Manchester City flyer Leroy Sane has clocked the fastest sprint since Premier League records began.

The Blues ace was recorded running at 35.48 kilometres per hour (22.05 mph) in the 1-0 win at Chelsea, which outstripped the previous fastest, by Jamie Vardy in 2015-16 season.

To put that in perspective, if Sane could sustain that pace over 100 metres, he would have qualified for the semi-finals at the last Olympics!

And that will come as bad news for Kyle Walker , who last week challenged both Sane and Raheem Sterling to a 100 metres sprint after discovering that on the Fifa 18 computer game he had been ranked below the two City wingers in terms of pace.

But Walker still has the 11 fastest time of 35.23kph (21.89mph) which means he is ahead of Raheem Sterling – who is only City's third fastest player – with 35.04kph (21.77mph).

The statistics come from the Tracab system of broadcast graphics specialists Chyron Hego, who began clocking Premier League footballers in 2014.

Walker was taken aback when the Fifa ratings were revealed last week when he was rated below both Sane and Sterling, proclaiming he was “definitely quicker” than both.

He added: “Let's have a 100-metre sprint for charity. Not a problem. With us three, and I guarantee I will win.”

Another man who questioned the Fifa ratings was Ilkay Gundogan, who pointed to his box-to-box burst against Shakhtar Donetsk last week as proof.

But the stats bear out Fifa's low rating – the Germany international has only been faster than goalkeepers Ederson and Claudio Bravo this season with 29.4kph (18.26mph).

The top three City speedsters are not a surprise, but the fact that John Stones is fifth, after Danilo and ahead of Sergio Aguero and Benjamin Mendy, is a shock!