Usain Bolt

I blogged after the second round of the Olympic 100 metres for men that "Jamaica's Usain Bolt looks unbeatable". I was right, he was. He won the final in a new world record time of 9.69 and he was as in the second round slowing down as he crossed the line. The winning margin was huge, I would imagine the largest ever in an Olympic 100 metre final. Usain Bolt may well be the first man to break under 9.60 seconds and to think the 200 meters is meant to be his best event!

The 2008 Olympic Mens 100m

Jamaica's Usain Bolt looks unbeatable, his second round jog to finish in 9.92 was as fine a piece of relaxed sprinting as I have seen. Before the Olympics I was leaning towards Bolt's Jamaican team-mate Asafa Powell winning, now I am leaning towards Bolt. I think both have the measure of Tyson Gay, so maybe a repeat of Atlanta in 1996 is in prospect, no American medallists in the blue riband event - that year Donovan Bailey of Canada won gold ahead of Namibia's Frankie Fredericks and Trinidad and Tobago's Ato Boldon.