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Bolt wins 100m gold, shatters record

Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran an electrifying 9.69 seconds in the 100-metre sprint to set a new world record and take Olympic gold at Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing on Saturday night. ...full story at cbcnews

from cbcnews on Sat, Aug 16 2008

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16 Aug 08 visit Usain Bolt wins 100 metres — your views  »  Countdown to Beijing Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic 100 metres on Saturday, shattering the world record in the process with a time of 9.69 seconds. Bolt thumped his chest in celebration as he crossed the line, after leaving Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago...
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05 Aug 08 visit I’m running the 100m? If you insist…  »  Countdown to Beijing There was a classic moment at a media conference with 100 metres world record holder Usain Bolt today. Bolt’s coach told Reuters last week that the Jamaican would run the 100m as well as the 200m but he seemed unaware of the fact ...
17 Aug 08 visit A Night at the Bird’s Nest  »  China Journal Saturday night was a major athletic night at the National Stadium—a smorgasbord of track and field events crowned by Jamaican Usain Bolt’s camera-ready finale, making the smashing of a world record look easy. Usain Bolt of Jamaica as he took...
23 Aug 08 visit "Lightning" Bolt donates for children in China's quake zone  »  People's Daily Triple Olympic sprint gold medalist Jamaican Usain Bolt on Saturday made a personal donation of 50,000 U.S. dollars to children in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan Province, and wished people there to "get through from the tragedy" and move forward with...

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