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Thousands welcome Olympic hero Bolt home
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grZf6tdeI2bCsB4kIfWRv2D22hiw
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/ALeqM5jCUGt0M3E-r2Q7htq09PsLRyn-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
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grZf6tdeI2bCsB4kIfWRv2D22hiw
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.
----------------------------------------------------
100 meters in 9.69 seconds;
200 meters in 19.30 seconds;
4x100 relay in 37.10 seconds.
----------------------------------------------------
Jamaican Bolt sets world record in 100 meters
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCUGt0M3E-r2Q7htq09PsLRyn-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
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