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He’s A Legend: Bolt sets Olympic Record On His Way To Winning Gold
LONDON (Sporting Alert) – Usain Bolt promised that he would do something special and he certainly did not disappoint after the world record holder blasted to another dominant performance to win the Olympic 100m gold medal on Sunday night.
The world record holder set a new Olympic record and the second fastest 100m time ever at 9.63 seconds to win the gold medal and defended his title from Beijing.
Bolt’s...
Bolt at ease, Ryan Bailey fastest in 100m heat, at 9.88
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Defending champion Usain Bolt cruised into the semifinals of the men’s 100 metros dash the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday morning.
Bolt, the champion from the Beijing Games, and world record holder in the event, strolled home to a relaxed 10.09 seconds to win his heat, following a huge roar from the large crowd inside the Olympic Stadium.
His training partner...
Asafa Powell confident “a lot of guys will eat my dust”
LONDON — A confident Asafa Powell believes that “a lot of guys will eat my dust” in the 100 metres when track and field action begins later this week.
Powell, who has been labeled as a choker at the major championships in the past, is desperate to win an Olympic individual medal after missing out in 2004 and 2008 when he was a big contender.
The Jamaican former world record holder...
Asafa Powell, Fraser Pryce lead 100m finalists
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reigning Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce ran the quickest time of the semi-finals for the women’s 100m at the Jamaica Championships on Friday.
The 2008 Beijing champion clocked 11.02 seconds to win the first semis ahead of Sheri-Ann Brooks, who came home in 11.18, those were the only two to progress to the final from that heat.
Veronica Campbell-Brown was next...
Blogger Asked: What Is Going On With Asafa Powell?
I went to the Penn Relays to see Asafa Powell run against Usain Bolt, the show down was the big motivator for me to go on a four hour road trip to PA from NJ.
After seen the crowd going wild for Bolt as if I was in a Room type coliseum watching Spartacus killing some want to be gladiators, the atmosphere was very fiery as if nothing matters but the moment.
One thing was clear and that was the absent...
Usain Bolt Anchors Jamaica Team To Penn Relays Record
By Miranda Mitchell
Triple Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt anchored the Jamaican Gold team to stunning 37.90secs to win the USA vs World 4x100m relay.
The time was a new Penn Relays record – removing the old mark of 37.92 set last year by the Americans.
Bolt raced with Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake and Marvin Anderson.
The Jamaicans defeated USA Blue who came home in 38.33secs, with USA...
Asafa Powell to run 200m at UTech Track Classic on April 17
Former 100 metres world record-holder Asafa Powell of MVP has been entered to runin the 200 metre event at the third staging of the University of Technology (UTech) Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium on April 17.
The meeting, which will see a number of the top Jamaican athletes competing, with also see Powell’s clubmates and Olympic gold medallists Nesta Carter and Michael Frater,...
Bolt, Powell And Gay will clash over 100m in Brussels
This clash is no mythical fantasy, this clash is no April Fool’s Day joke! The three fastest names in sprinting Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell will line up in the Men’s 100m at the Brussels IAAF Diamond League on 27 August 2010.
Usain Bolt (R) Tyson Gay (C) and Asafa Powell in the 100m in Berlin
Today Bolt has confirmed that he will be present at the Belgacom Memorial Van Damme for what...
Usain Bolt Sends Unbeaten Warning To Rivals
The World’s Fastest Man ambled into a heaving club called Fiction in Kingston, Jamaica, just after 2.30 last Sunday morning. Usain Bolt showed none of the blistering speed which has made him an outrageous phenomenon.
The Olympic and world champion in both the 100m and 200m, who has swept aside preconceptions about how fast a human might run, strolled through the booming waves of sound so coolly...
Dwain Chambers eases through World Indoor 60m first round
Great Britain sprinter Dwain Chambers (L) in action
Great Britain’s Dwain Chambers blasted his way through the first round of the men’s 60 metres dash with little problems at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar.
The 31-year-old, favourite to win the event after American champion Ivory Williams, who tested positive for marijuana on the eve of the competition and had to...
