Races
Usain Bolt breaks the 200m world record in Berlin running in 19.19 seconds
20th August 2009, IAAF World Championships in Berlin
Usain “lightning” Bolt has broken the 200 m world record in Berlin with a phenomenal time of 19.19 seconds slashing 0.11sec off the time he set in Beijing last year. A few days before Bolt broke his own world record by exactly the same margin. In both races his only competitor was the clock as he cruised to victory in the 200m final. “I’m on my way to being a legend,” Bolt said. No doubt about it.
It was a fast race, with four sprinters breaking 19.90seconds. However, when watching the race Bolt is so fast that he makes the rest of the runners look like they were running in slow motion. Bolt had a big lead after the curve and was unstoppable until the finishing line.
When Bolt saw his time and that he had shattered the world record once again, Bolt pointed at the display, then stuck his tongue out. After the race he commented “I can definitely say I didn’t expect that because I was a little bit tired. I said ‘Let’s try because people are really looking out for this’. I said ‘It won’t hurt to try’. So I tried really hard and now I’m really tired.”
Bolt is track’s biggest superstar, and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. “He’s a gift to this earth,” said American sprinter Shawn Crawford, who finished fourth. “He’s a blessing to the track game. … I’m just waiting for the lights to flash ‘game over,’ ’cause I felt like I was in a video game.”
Bolt can now add another gold medal to his collection and collect the $ 100,000 world record bonus, the same amount he earned for winning the 100 m earlier this week.
Here are the full 200-meter final results:
1. Usain Bolt 19.19
2. Alonso Edward 19.81
3. Wallace Spearmon 19.85
4. Shawn Crawford 19.89
5. Steve Mullings 19.98
6. Charles Clark 20.39
7. Ramil Guliyev 20.61
8. David Alerte 20.68
World Athletics Championships: Usain Bolt breaks another world record to win 100m gold in Berlin, 9.58 seconds.
16th August 2009, IAAF World Championships in Berlin
It’s not hard to see and understand why Usain Bolt is s loved by the crowd. He loves to entertain and put on a show, the track is his stage. Before positioning himself in the blocks he gave he spectators a wave and did his famous bow-and-arrow pose which drew big applause.
Usain Bolt has once again shattered the 100m world record with a stunning time of 9.58 seconds in the of the World Athletics Championship in Berlin. Bolt broke his own world record by 0.11 seconds which he set last year at the Beijing Olympics leaving the crowd in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium wild.
Bolt quickly tuned the race into a one-man show when leaving his main rivals Tyson Gray and Asafa Powell behind when fast as lightning leaving the blocks and striding towards the finish line. He did not make the make the mistake of skidding out of the blocks this time and had a noticeable lead after only 20 meters.
This time Bolt celebrated his victory after the race and instead concentrated on his running, breaking yet another world record. Just before crossing the finish line Bolt checked on Gay once and then on the clock leaving his face in a big smile after seeing his finishing time of 9.58 seconds.
After the race Bolt said “”I came out here to do my best and I did what I had to do. There’ll be no partying for me ahead of Tuesday. I’ll rest up as always, I need to rest up for the 200m.”
Nevertheless Tyson Gray broke the American record of 9.77 lowering it to a time of 9.71 seconds while Dwain Chambers enjoyed a season’s best, coming sixth in a time of 10.00sec. Asafa Powell finished third in 9.84.
Even though Gay was miles behind Bolt and seemed to be jogging compared to Bolt he was happy to say: “I ran the best I could. I just wanted to give my best tonight, it wasn’t enough but I’m happy to have the national record”
To celebrate the victory Bolt and Powell grabbed a flag and did a victory lap which took 20 min. They stopped on the track and did a little dance number together and posed for pictures.
Usain Bolt runs his first 100m of the year in at the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics ,Kingston, Jamaica
March 18, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey running 100 m at the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics ,Kingston, Jamaica first 100m race of the year 2009
Usain Bolt ran his first 100m race this year in his hometown Spanish Town, Jamaica. With a headwind of plus 2.3 and the competition of Daniel Bailey of Antigua, Usain Bolt won the race in 9.93 seconds. This was was Usain Bolt’s third competitive individual event this year following two 400 metres triumphs.
Usain Bolt was trailing begind Daniel Bailey most of the race until there was approximately 10 meters until the finish line, when Usain Bolt caught up and won. Usain Bolt was one of the seven participants, running in lane four.
Usain Bolt was happy with his race, and ran the same meeting last year in 10.03 seconds. He told reporters “It’s a good time, based on the stage that my training is at and I am feeling alright. It was really a good race; I missed a lot of training so I am trying to get it right “.
Bolt is running his next 100 m race Jamaica International Invitational meeting in Kingston on May 2 and was not planning to participate in the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics meeting. He told reporters “I am not sure what I am going to do from here. I am just starting my speed work, so we’ll see how it goes from here”
Usain Bolt wins the first race of the year at the Camperdown Classic, Jamaica!
February 21, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Usain Bolt wont his first race of the year 14 January at the Camperdown Classic in Kingston, Jamaica. The world’s fastest man and Jamaicas sensation, Usain Bolt, started off the season with an admirable time of 46.35 seconds in the 400m run.
After only 150 meters Usain Bolt was already ahead of the pack and increased the gap when there was only 100 meters left until the finishing line. The leader of the trailing pack Yohan Blake was around 10 meters behind the superstar Usain Bolt. With about 80-50 meters reaming of the race, Bolt was aware of his advance and turned his head to the right and to the left with a big smile on his face winning this race for the second time. When crossing the finishline Bolt immediately went to the side of the track, lay down on his back where he received a massage from his masseur.
Bolt was pleased after the race as he opened the last season with 46.9 s and also said that “ the first 300 meters of the race was good, but the last 100 meters need some work, I am not really in the best of shape, but I’m happy I got through it.”
More than 2, 000 international athletes were present at the Stadium East during the race where Yohan Blake placed 2nd in 46.88 s and Ricardo Chambers third in 46.98.
This was a good Saturday for Bold and we hope that he will preform as well as his next race at University of the West Indies (UWI) Invitational.
Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, Usain Bolt wins 200m
February 19, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Athletissima meeting in Lausanne, Usain Bolt 200m winner
Only nine days after the Olympic Games where the 22-year-old Jamaican, set world records in winning the 100m, 200m and 4×100m relay, he was back in action. Usain Bolt showed that he was still in superb shape as he ran the second fastest time this year at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne 2nd September 2008 , clocking 19.63 (-0.9) in the 200m.
Usain Bolt flew out of the blocks and had a huge lead over the trailing pack after the first 140 meters of the race, and not surprisingly started to slow down, With only 30-20 meters to go, he slowed down to what was a jog for him, and crossed the finish line. He still finished five metres or 0.61 seconds in front of closest rival Churandy Martina.
As soon as he finished the race he immediately started to celebrate his victory by slamming his pals, posing and signing autographs.
After the race Usain Bolt told the reporters “It was a good time, but I’ve made history now so a lot of people are looking to me for big times and great things.” He also explained why he slowed down remarbly at the end of the race “I’m always going out to do my best but it’s been a long season and I trailed off tonight because I want to stay injury-free right the way to the season end. As I’m starting to get a cold I was not able to think about any faster time. My coach told me that I should make sure to end the season healthy”
He had more than today’s race to celebrate as he finished his 200m season undefeated, with a world record, Olympic gold and all together 6 sub 20 times.
