It could be the athlete Maurice Greene. However, the incident where Maurice Greene's shoes were caught on fire after running so fast was just a staged act of showmanship for the crowd and the television cameras in the Home Depot Track & Field Invitational that took place on 22 May 2004.
The video shows Greene crossed the finish line and quickly pulled off his track shoes so that a waiting aide could dash out to douse them with a fire extinguisher.
"My feet were burning and we had to put the fire out," Greene told reporters. "I've got a lot more fire," he added.
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