Jamaican, Usain Bolt, Bolts to a New World Record in 200 meter Dash

Usain Bolts to a World Record in 200 m Dash 19.31 for Jamaica.

Politisite has an unconfirmed report that Usain was called his Mom, ate a Snickers , and took a power nap during the middle of the Race.

BEIJING, Aug. 20 Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the 200-meter dash.

He broke Michael Johnson‘s world record by running a 19.30 and became the first man to win both the Olympic 100 and 200 since Carl Lewis did so in 1984.

Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles won the silver, the second medal ever for that country. The bronze went to Shawn Crawford of the United States.

Source: upi.com via politisite

10:22 update: 19.30 for Bolt. He blew away the field in the 200. Oh yeah, he won gold, too.

10:10 update: The men’s 200 final is only 10 minutes away. The questions are: Who will get silver and bronze? And how low will Usain Bolt go? Stay tuned.

10:05 update: Allyson Felix breezed to victory in her semifinal of the women’s 200, winning her heat in an easy 22.33 to join top rival Veronica Campbell-Brown in the final.

9:56 update: Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica (22.19) won the frst semifinal in the women’s 200, with countrywoman Kerron Stewart second, the USA’s Muna Lee third and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie of Bahamas fourth. Allyson Felix is up next.

Source: blogs.usatoday.com via politisite

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