Lynn Zinser: In the 100, he essentially stopped racing with about 10 meters to go, threw out his arms and slapped his chest before he crossed the finish line. That made his time of 9.69 — .03 better than the world record — that much more astounding because it could have been even lower.
BEIJING: The margin of victory seemed almost impossible. His finishing time, a sport-shattering moment. Just days after Usian Bolt electrified track and field with a world-record run for the ages in the 100 meters, he might have outdone himself in the 200.
Jamaica's wunderkind surged so far ahead of a stellar Olympic final field Wednesday night that the final 50 meters inspired sheer awe. Running hard through the finish, Bolt not only ran 19.30, breaking the world record by two-hundredths of a second less than two hours before his 22nd birthday, but he seemed to set new parameters on what humans can achieve.
This time, unlike in the 100 meters, Bolt ran hard the entire race, clearly wanting to show what he can do when he is serious. |
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