![]() ![]() The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. All three go for gold tomorrow.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. "I really can't put that race into words."ĭavid Greene joined Phillips Idowu and Christine Ohuruogu as a serious medal prospect after a superb personal best in his 400m hurdles semi-final. "That was an amazing experience to be part of," he said, shaking his head. Senior Airman Daniel Hughes) RM DKEXTX Berlin, Germany - Jamaican USAIN BOLT who just won the 100m in a world-record time of 9. In joint seventh, in a time of 10secs dead, was Britain's Dwain Chambers and he, like the rest of us, was rendered almost speechless by what had unfolded. The mens world record is 9.58 held by Usain Bolt and the womens world record is 10.49 held by Florence Griffith. "Even after the finish I couldn't catch him," said the Jamaican only half joking. It wasn't enough but I'm happy to have the national record." In third place was Asafa Powell, himself a four-time world record holder, whose time of 9.84secs would have been good enough for gold in Osaka two years ago. "I ran the best I could," said Gay, who on Friday had warned the world to brace itself for how fast a human body can go. This time he turned on the afterburners and as Gay came again powered away from him and the rest of the field. This time when he got to 60 metres there was no showboating as there had been in Beijing last year. Gay knew the size of his task and that he had to be in front after 30 metres to stand any chance of coming out on top.īut Bolt knew that too and from the gun exploded out of his blocks. It's a great time but I CAN believe what I have achieved."īehind him Tyson Gay, the defending champion and a worthy adversary, crossed the line in 9.71secs - the third fastest time ever.Ĭredit to the American who had dared to believe he could beat Bolt and had the courage to say so - even when his rival's coach Glen Mills was predicting his man would run 9.54secs. "I did well, I feel good and I'm proud of myself. ![]() "I told you I would come here and do my best and I just did that," said the irrepressible Bolt, whose evening had begun nervously when he false started in his semifinal. Nobody will forget where they were on August 16, 2009. The significance of this day in history was simply in the time the 22-year-old took to run 100 metres.īut that does not begin to do justice to what unfolded last night.īolt's time of 9.58secs stopped the world in its tracks. Usain Bolt came to Berlin's Olympiastadion on a mission, just as Jesse Owens had 73 years before him.Īnd like the legendary American, who made a fool out of Hitler and his plans for Aryan supremacy, the Jamaican delivered a performance which will echo through the ages. It began with a false start and ended with surely the most sensational run in the history of athletics. ![]()
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