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Bolt races to 200-metre world record

Usain Bolt was every bit as fast as his surname would suggest, racing to another world record at the Beijing Olympics. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Wed, Aug 20 2008

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20 Aug 08 visit Usain Bolt 200m World Record in the olympics 2008  »  YouTube videoUsain bolt wins 200m and sets a new world record 19.30 to go with his 100m record. Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets new world record at 2008 Beijing Olympics 200m final! Tags: usain bolt 19.30 world record 200m meter metre dash final fastest man ...
25 Aug 08 visit Snapshot Beijing, 7: Bolt breaks the unbreakable world record  »  Countdown to Beijing My abiding memory from these Games  will be watching Usain Bolt give everything he had to break a world record most of us had thought unbreakable. Michael Johnson’s time of 19.32 in the 200 metres had never been seriously challenged before th...
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...
18 Aug 08 visit Was Bolt celebration over the top?  »  Countdown to Beijing Was Usain Bolt’s theatrical exuberance before, during and after his 100 metres final appropriate for a man who gave a devastating performance that broke his own world record? Or was it indulgent, inappropriate and over the top? Do we want our...
02 Aug 08 visit The race is on — Bolt confirms he’ll run 100 metres  »  Countdown to Beijing The big race is on for Beijing, after Usain Bolt’s coach confirmed to Reuters that the Jamaican 100 metres world record holder would run both the 100 and 200 metres at the Beijing Olympics. As my colleague Gene Cherry reports, neither the coach,...
20 Aug 08 visit Bolt breaks world 200m record — your views  »  Countdown to Beijing Jamaica’s Usain Bolt completed a breathtaking sprint double at the Beijing Games on Wednesday, breaking the 200 metres world record that many had thought unbreakable to take his second Olympic gold medal. The contrast between this and his winn...

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