9.69!!! BOLT SETS NEW WR IN 100M FINAL

Flotrack

August 16, 2008

Usain Bolt showed the world he is still the fastest man on Earth. Bolt became the first man to ever break the 9.70 barrier (in legal conditions 0.0 m/s) for 100m. Bolt was not the first out of the blocks, but he soon after took the lead and never looked back. His celebration started about 10 meters before the finish line.....could you imagine the time if he ran straight threw the line!!

Richard Thompson, the 2008 NCAA Champion, ran a strong race to to set his PB (9.89) and win Silver for his native country of Trinidad. Walter Dix set a PB (9.91) to take home the Bronze for the US. Dix become the USA's medal favorite after American Record Holder Tyson Gay failed to qualify for the finals.

The highly anticipated matchup between Bolt and fellow countryman, Asafa Powell, did not live up to expectations as Powell finished a distant 5th in 9.95. The third Jamaican in the field, Michael Frater, ran a lifetime best of 9.97 to finish 6th.

Martina Churandy, formerly of UTEP, set the national record for Netherlands Antilles in 9.93 to finish 4th. Marc Burns of Trinidad was 7th in 10.01 and Darvis (Doc) Patten of the United States finished 8th in 10.03.

Results can be found HERE
Pictures Thanks to Victah Sailer/Photorun.net

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#19	Zac Sweers February 5 at 7:33pm It's Churandy Martina, not Martina Churandy. He's a national hero back home in Curacao lol reply
#18	Nick Link August 21, 2008 at 8:59pm Ya I'm tired of bob Costas talking about beach volley ball for four hours before michale phelps race. Lets just give Michale all the golds now and get it over with. Even the ones he didn't swim because he is only aqua man. Is there a test for that. Check and see if he has fish parts or something? reply
#17	Shawn August 20, 2008 at 2:03am here are some emails to complain about NBC Track coverage The President of NBC Uni. and The President of Olympics at NBC reply
#16	Patrick Runfeldt August 19, 2008 at 9:12am he wasn't even trying. he probably will remain the fastest ever once he runs a full race. reply
#15	Michael Carter August 16, 2008 at 4:15pm ever reply
#14	Michael Carter August 16, 2008 at 4:15pm Ha ha. I guess mark flotrackr should just cover every aspect of the media at every track meet reply
#13	Cushmace3 August 16, 2008 at 4:04pm Didn't we see that NBC guy on track revolution tell us that cameras would be going all the time and any event you wanted to see would be accessable on their website after NBC went off the air that night? By that logic we should be able to watch the w 10000m right now. That was a load of crap. They have a recap of the day and that is it. Not even 1 lap. Either things didn't work as they said or they were just placating track fans with no intention of doing any of it. They did better with the trials and I did not like that. reply
#12	Gregg Saldutti August 16, 2008 at 2:36pm nbc is an f*ing joke reply
#11	Whitehnsn August 16, 2008 at 1:57pm And you know what I love. I love how NBC on their website tell you the winner and the times and give pictures of race. I sat on my computer through the semi's and final looking for feeds cause i knew NBC wasn't making an attempt at showing it. Eventually just went to the IAAF website to get results. Then found site on YouTube before it got shut down. I wish I knew about that feed site earlier, but i'm completely done with NBC, donate money to ABC maybe they can buy the olympics back. reply
#10	John Kelly August 16, 2008 at 12:49pm Live in Europe, we got to watch all 25 laps of the epic 10k . What were Americans doing in the Commonwealth 100m final? Only joking! reply
#9	Annoying August 16, 2008 at 12:40pm This is absolutely terrible coverge. I cannot begin to expalin how this is being done. There is no structure...and I agree with Leo, does anyone know where to get video coverage, beause NBC dnow not seem to know how to cover events. And seeing the finals only is stupid. I want to see the all for an event. heats, semi, etc. And they keep giving highlights as if they are going to show an event and it's not aired until the finals, IF SOMEONE THEY are following makes it the the finals. FYI....all schedules and results are on the offical olumpic website. I get it all there, but I also want to see the event before I get the results.. post a comment if you want the site address reply
#8	Leo August 16, 2008 at 12:35pm Ryan...Thanks for the info. I may be asking too much - but I wish there was a reference for archives. I understand the 100m will be on tonight - however - I will not be in front of a TV. Spoil away folks...its the only way I seem to get information. Maybe I should go back to depending on the next days paper! reply
#7	Sickness August 16, 2008 at 12:16pm Mark, thanks a lot for the spoiler. Was looking forward to watching this tonight. reply
#6	Reef August 16, 2008 at 11:53am wow.NBC is horrible.They dont show anything at all. They have no clue what theyre talking about when the race is going on as well.Change the olympic coverage asap.NBC is horrible! And i'm being very polite. This is madness. How do I find out the results of a race that hasnt even aired yet????? This is bs. reply
#5	ivanvano13 August 16, 2008 at 11:48am It's gonna be on NBC tonight. reply
#4	Ryan From Flotrack August 16, 2008 at 11:44am leo, check this out http://www.flotrack.org/articles/view/513-live-olympic-feed-on-the-internet reply
#3	Leo August 16, 2008 at 11:40am Mark, I cannot say enough bad things about NBC! The other night I wanted to find results on the womens 10K - and they were no help! I did not want to stay up until 4am to catch the 100m. I am certain NBC's coverage would have placed a commercial at about halfway and made us wait for the results!!! Therefore, I depend on the Internet. Does anyone know if there are video footage of events? It would be nice to see the buildup - heats, semi, quarters as well as the final! reply
#2	Mark From Flotrack August 16, 2008 at 11:13am I think people I have to deal with the internet age. reply
#1	Wow Mark August 16, 2008 at 10:38am haha. this is a hardcore spoiler for some people I bet. reply