August 16, 2008: Usain Bolt wins the 100m Final in Beijing and sets a new 9.69 world record
Lightning-fast Bolt wins Olympic 100m
BEIJING – Track and field needs a new hero. It got one Saturday night who can fly. In the most outrageous display of speed to ever burn across the Olympic Games, Usain Bolt of Jamaica rocketed to gold in winning the men’s 100m dash in 9.69 seconds — not only a new world record but the first time in the history of human beings a man has run the distance under 9.7 seconds without a significant tailwind.
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