Awesome Bolt takes 100m / 200m double with world record time

August 21, 2008

What can you say about Usain Bolt that has not already been said? He was once again amazing as he blew away the field in the final of the Olympic 200m men’s sprint.

Bolt was looking to pull off the sprint double and match Carl Lewis’ effort at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was also aiming for Michael Johnson’s 19.32 world record set at the Atlanta Olympics.

Tonight Bolt blasted out of the blocks and ran like he wanted the world record. He ran out the full 200 metres and even dipped as he crossed the line. The result for Bolt was a new world record of 19.30 and another gold medal winning celebration lap.

Second place went to Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles in a time of 19.82 and third went to the USA’s Shawn Crawford who ran 19.96 seconds.

Another great night in Olympic history.

Written by rob · Filed Under track and field beijing 

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  1. Men’s 200m silver and bronze medal spots revised after disqualifications : One Man Sports Network on August 21st, 2008 12:45 pm

    [...] case you missed the earlier result, Usain Bolt blitzed the field as he completed the 100m / 200m sprint double in world record time. He set the new 200m mark at 19.30 slicing 0.02 seconds off Michael Johnson’s 1996 world [...]

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