Usain Bolt Wins Gold in the Olympic 100m Final in Beijing AND Sets a New World Record!!

Congrats, Usain Bolt!!

Usain won the 100m men's final in 9.69 seconds, beating his own world record. He more than left the other men in the dust.



Jamaica has much to be proud of here. We had 3 athletes competing in the finals: Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Michael Frater. All 3 train in Jamaica with Jamaican coaches. Also, kudos to the Caribbean in general - as a region we had six men competing in the 100m finals. Congrats to Richard Thompson from Trinidad and Tobago who came in 2nd!

Very impressive Jamaica and the Caribbean...but, back to Usain...because who could really take their eyes off of his awe-inspiring performance? As the BBC commentators said, "how can you even talk about the people who were second and third when you've just seen something like that...the greatest performance of the 100m...new superlatives are required."

http://www.sportstrick.com/play.php?vid=1213 (Replay of the race on BBC)

Go Usain!! Go Jamaica!!

I am so proud to be a Jamaican...every time!!

P.S. Happy Birthday, Usain. His birthday is on August 20th :)

P.S. #2 Here's a write-up on Usain's performance in the Jamaica Gleaner: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080817/cleisure/cleisure1.html

Update: Usain's Birthday is actually August 21st. Thanks!