Fastest man on earth - UPDATE: Bolt's Olympic triumph

[arXter]

who else is into running?

Thousands welcome Olympic hero Bolt home

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...4kIfWRv2D22hiw




September 9th 2008

KINGSTON (AFP) — Thousands of Jamaicans braved heavy rain Monday to give triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt a rapturous welcome home.

Fans lined roads leading from the Norman Manley International airport to the heart of New Kingston to cheer Bolt, who electrified the Beijing Games with his 100m-200m sprint double and 4x100m relay triumph - all in world record times.

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100 meters in 9.69 seconds;
200 meters in 19.30 seconds;
4x100 relay in 37.10 seconds.

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Jamaican Bolt sets world record in 100 meters

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j...yn-CQD9112HJ80

May 1st 2008

NEW YORK (AP) — Like lightning out of nowhere, Usain Bolt is now the world's fastest man. The Jamaican sprinter, who doesn't even consider the 100 meters his best race, set the world record Saturday night with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix, .02 seconds faster than the old record held by his countryman, Asafa Powell.

Bolt was using the 100 for "speed work" and to avoid having to run the more grueling 400, when, suddenly, he ran the world's second-fastest time a few weeks ago at 9.76. Even then, he said he wasn't sure if he would give up the 400 meters for the 100 for the Beijing Olympics.

Hard to imagine he has any choice now.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=owfpwVN70MA

[L.J]

I just saw this on the tellie!

isn't that something!

These guys who run this race move faster than most cars over that distance from a standing start.

that just blows my mind

[wannabestartinsomthin21]

I am. And this is news to me. Geezz. Asafa Powell blew my mind with 9.74. 2 onehundreths of a second off that time might as well me a mile ahead in that race. I think Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay are gonna be sweating bullets if this guy decides to run the 100 at Bejing. It's kind of shocking how often this record is being broken on the men's side as of late. Maurice Green's time of 9.79 seems slow now, and he set that record just 10 years ago.

[elusive moonwalker]

lets hope its legit and in 10 years time it aint another marion jones type. shame that everythings questionable now after whats gone on over the last few years

[L.J]

^ yeah it is a shame that everything becomes questionable, but maybe the guy just has a high level of fast twitch fibres in the right muscles.

[wannabestartinsomthin21]

Bolt has shown a lot of promise from an early age. He's talented. So I think he's the real deal.

[L.J]

awesome name to have for a fast runner

[arXter]

lets hope its legit and in 10 years time it aint another marion jones type. shame that everythings questionable now after whats gone on over the last few years

speaking of which, our own dodgy Dwain Chambers is now on the team for Beijing. don't know what to think of it to be honest.
anyway, not long now til the games begin

[L.J]

I can't wait for the games


MJJC should enter a team




Moonwalking is an event yeah?

[arXter]

why not. or we can be really sad and have our own Arcade Olympics

[L.J]

omg what a cool idea!!


If we get a big pile of games before the Olympics begin I reckon we should

L.J for Gold!!

arXter to finish painfully behind L.J the Greatest!

[arXter]

*trips LJ up*

[L.J]

oh no you didn't!

*slips and lands on arXter*





actually what I love about the Olympics is the funny photo moments


"I'm falling!!!"



"All I know is it came from behind me..."



"Okay I give up you've caught me"



going up?.... going down?



Extreme sitting



more extreme sitting


Chin not quite so up


Vampiress swimmer (night Olympics)


"concentrate... concentrate..."

[arXter]

but seriously i'm turned on by the fist pic

[L.J]

yes any old kinda girl on girl action huh?