Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first man in 24 years to run to double sprint gold at the Olympics, breaking the world record in the 200-metre sprint on Day 12 at the Beijing Games. ...full story at cbcnews
from cbcnews on Wed, Aug 20 2008
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YouTube video Beijing olimpics bolt runs a 19.30 in the 200m sprint winning gold and new world record
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