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Monday, August 17, 2009
Usain Bolt broke the World Record while doing a 100 Meter Dash in 9.58 Seconds!
Bolt struck his trademark lightning-bolt pose, to be sure, when the public-address announcer introduced him before the 100-meter final at the World Track & Field Championships.
Just before getting into the blocks, Bolt put his hand under his chin and moved it forward in a way that mimed the whoosh and movement of a supersonic aircraft taking off.
And then he took his sport on a warp-speed ride into a new dimension, redefining the standards of the most basic human athletic pursuit, running as fast as one can over a measured distance.
In the near century that world records have been kept for the 100 met...
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Usain Bolt broke the World Record while doing a 100 Meter Dash in 9.58 Seconds!
Bolt struck his trademark lightning-bolt pose, to be sure, when the public-address announcer introduced him before the 100-meter final at the World Track & Field Championships.
Just before getting into the blocks, Bolt put his hand under his chin and moved it forward in a way that mimed the whoosh and movement of a supersonic aircraft taking off.
And then he took his sport on a warp-speed ride into a new dimension, redefining the standards of the most basic human athletic pursuit, running as fast as one can over a measured distance.
In the near century that world records have been kept for the 100 meters, no one has broken it by a larger margin than the 22-year-old Jamaican did with his time of 9.58 seconds at the 1936 Olympic Stadium.
On a warm night with a 2-m.p.h. tail wind, Bolt sheared .11 seconds from the record of 9.69 he set in winning the 2008 Olympic gold medal.
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