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shellgame26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:14 AM
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Usain Bolt obliterates his own record..again
Source: Uk Times Online

Another day, another miracle. Usain Bolt continued his habit of doing extraordinary things with the air of a man in search of a hammock on the porch, but this time he had to get his hands dirty.
“I thought it wouldn’t hurt to try,” he said after dismantling another world record in jaw-dropping fashion. “If Queen Elizabeth knighted me, then I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That would be nice.”

It was a year to the day since Bolt broke Michael Johnson’s 200 metres record in the Olympic final. He has been surfing a wave of goodwill since, smashing records and crashing cars, but if his destruction of his 100 metres record on Sunday was stunning, this appeared more of a challenge.



Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article6804466.ece



Bolt is a phenom!
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:23 AM
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1. He's amazing -
For such a tall athlete, he really motors.
This guy is going to be the fastest human ever.
By FAR.
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InfiniteThoughts Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:34 AM
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2. i don't think the day is too far ...
when he gets to be called SIR Usain Bolt. Actually, i wish he was either British or American and then the media coverage would hit the roof! US is gearing up for the upcoming NFL season and Brits are worried that they are going to lose the Ashes Cricket Series to the Aussies and this WR has gone largely unnoticed.

The question for Bolt is this: Is sub 9.5 for 100m & sub 19 for 200m in the cards?

BTW, my heart aches for Tyson Gay who recorded the fastest time in 100m for someone not named Bolt & all he got in return was a silver medal! He would be wishing that he was born a few years early.
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 11:50 AM
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4. I think for the 100, the fastest time will level off at 8.5 and for the 200
around 18.2.

After that, legs explode.
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Betsy Ross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 12:35 AM
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3. You do realize
that if you don't know who Usain Bolt is or what he does, the excerpt above makes almost no sense.
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