100m SpoilerOMFG -

[malaise]

Usain Bolt in World record time.

Jamaicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[SidDithers]

1. Congratulations Jamaica!...

Incredible race. 9.69

Sid

[malaise]

2. he is an incredible athlete

from school boy days. Broke the World Juniors record in 2004 as well.

Red stripe time!!! Hahahahahahahahahahah

[SidDithers]

4. I'll get some Red Stripe today to join you in celebration...

Enjoy the party in Kingston tonight!

Sid

[KansDem]

9. Damn! I remember when 9.69 was the record for 100...

...yards

[RNdaSilva]

18. Lenny Bruce...I had one of his 33 1/3's

Does anyone remember 33 1/3 records?

Yeah, FTG...appropriate today.

[barbtries]

3. congratulations jamaica!

this was a foot race i take it? :) (not watching)

[malaise]

6. Yep

Jamaica 1st WR 9.69

This is the 1st time Jamaica has won 100m gold. Reversed places with Trinidad and Tobago from 1976.
Unbelievable. :D

[dendrobium]

5. He is a phenom!

He started celebrating before the race was over and he still broke the record! This is insane!

[malaise]

7. He always does that

Look at that gap - delightful!

[ColbertWatcher]

19. That is an awesome picture! It's no wonder he specializes in the 200 ...

...it takes it that long to simply get up to speed!

Amazing athlete, you must be very proud!

[Blue_Tires]

8. !!

[Suich]

10. I just watched the race on Canadian TV...

that guy is FAST! It looked like he just coasted the last 10 meters!

Congratulations Jamaica!!! 1st Gold!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Poiuyt]

11. That guy must have some really good chemists

[entanglement]

13. Jealous much?

[malaise]

22. He won World Juniors in 2003

and broke the 200M Juniors record in 2004. Bolt has been a phenom from Level III in the high school championships in Jamaica. Our high school championships have been recognized as the best high school championships in the world. All the coaches from US colleges attend annually looking for athletes.

I do not defend athletes in this global environment of drugs, but to the best of my knowledge Usain is clean. He has been exceptional from he was 12 years old.

[Poiuyt]

31. Marion Jones was a high school phenom too

The dopers are always one step ahead of the testers. Remember, Jones never tested positive for drugs. Neither did Tim Montgomery, but they stripped him of his world record in the 100.

I'm sorry, but in this day and age, I am very skeptical of someone who totally obliterates a field of world class athletes and smashes a record that normally inches down by hundreds of a second.

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. I thoght it was interesting that the entire field was represented by only 3 countries...

(Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and the USA) and almost all of them were members of various track teams of US Colleges & Universities.

If Usain Bolt had not eased up 15 meters from the end, who knows what the record would be.

[ColbertWatcher]

16. He's going to keep the record for every race he runs.

It's that simple.

No matter what race he runs, he will be in front and if he has to he will break the record.

[malaise]

21. Bolt is home grown - came through the high school system

and attends the University of Technology in Jamaica. He has dominated the 200m and 400m from high school but doesn't like the 400. He only started preparing for the 100m last year.
I don't put my head on a block for any athlete re drugs, but Bolt has been a winner and ha sbroken records at every level.
Frater and Powell are also UTech students in Jamaica. All three Jamaicans trained in Jamaica.

Richard Thompson is at LSU and is described by them as their best ever sprinter. He attended the prestigious Queen's Royal College in Trinidad and Tobago, but there is no doubt that he benefited from LSU and NCAA.

There was one athlete who wasn't from JA, T&T or USA.

add

[entanglement]

14. 9.69 and he could have probably hit 9.60 - awesome

[ColbertWatcher]

15. The kid is amazing!

[malaise]

24. You saw this coming early

:D

[ColbertWatcher]

29. When I saw his quarter final run ...

... I simply couldn't believe my eyes.

He won and didn't look like he had to exert himself to do it.

And he looked the same in the final.

Amazing.

And he's only 21.

I still cannot believe how fast this kid is!

[RNdaSilva]

17. Another phenom.

Wonder if he can catch a football?

Chargers?

Name fits...ThunderBOLT.

[malaise]

23. We wish he'd turn to cricket

West Indies need a really fast bowler desperately. :D

[harun]

20. Go Jamaica !!!!

[tkmorris]

25. I'd really like to see how fast he can go

I mean, he set a world record even though he was coasting from about 70m in. How fast could he go if someone actually pressed him? I'd bet he could get under 9.5 if he wanted to. I've never seen a human with a gear that high.

[malaise]

26. Michael Johnson's reaction

http://www.sportstrick.com/play.php?vid=1216

He could do 9.65 but no one is running 9.50

[tkmorris]

27. I disagree

He would have been under 9.6 tonight if he had stayed on it until the finish. I have no doubt of that. Furthermore, his start isn't perfect. He could shave another .05 or so off his time just by working on that. Remember, he has only been running the 100 for less than a year. There is room for improvement yet, scary as that might be.

[malaise]

28. True but I still don't see anyone going below 9.65

By the way he'll be 22 this week.

[malaise]

30. His coach agrees with you

the middle drawing is when he won World Juniors in 2003 at the National Stadium in Jamaica with the pendant in his mouth. :D
<snip>
Hours after Usain Bolt crowned himself the best sprinter of all time by winning Jamaica's first ever Olympic gold in the 100 metres and becoming the first man to go below 9.7 seconds, his coach Glen Mills says he believes the Trelawny native can run 9.5 seconds.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20080816T230000-0500_139155_OBS_BOLT_STRIKES_OLYMPIC_GOLD__SHATTERS____M_RECORD.asp

[javadu]

32. Completely Agree ---

Still --- no one knows how fast he could go.

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[spanone]

34. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!!!!

[malaise]

37. Thanks

I'd better give hubby his heart medication :D

[ellie]

35. Just watched the women's

100 M final. SPOILER














Jamaica took 1,2, and 2.
Shelly Anne Fraser, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart. Both Sherone and Kerron tied for the silver. Unheard of, according to the CBC.
Congratulations to the Jamaican runners!

[malaise]

36. Unbelievable

[dendrobium]

38. When is the National Holiday going to be announced?

This is just wonderful! The women always come through for Jamaica and I knew that we had a very good shot at sweeping the medals in the 100m. I have the greatest respect for Kerron-she had a terrible start and she never gave up!Asafa could learn a lot from her attitude. After he saw he was behind yesterday you could see the panic set in.

Those girls were under tremendous pressure to medal because many felt that our World Champion, Veronica Campbell Brown should replace one of them even though she did not beat them in the National Trials. This is a vindication for those girls - they showed that they deserved to be there and the National Trials were not a fluke.