I have discarded any speculation that the people that pay for me to study for me degree also paid the people that host this site to render themselves inoperative whilst I write my exams. However, I chose to take it as a sign and not post..right up until this happened and I could wait no longer.
What is 6f 5in, 21 years of age, is Jamaican and can cover 100metres quicker than any man on earth? Meet the Usain ´Lightning´ Bolt. (I don´t think it is his official nickname but now that we have ordained him it should surely stick)
In New York over the weekend, Bolt broke the 100m record by clocking 9,72s, two hundredths of a second faster than Asafa Powell´s old record. Not only is this a friggan startling performance, but Tyson Gay also ran in that race, and Gay is highly regarded as sprintings next best thing.
What´s astounding in the fact that Bolt is such a stringy fucker. At 6f 5 he towers over the long Docstar, and is even slightly quicker. When Bolt was 17 ran the 200m in a remarkable 19,93s and won the silver medal in the event at the most recent World Champs.
Another funny little story about Bolt is that; ´Bolt's coach, Glen Mills, wanted him to run 400 metres rather than 100-metre races this year in preparation for the Olympic 200-metre event in Beijing, but Bolt hates the longer distance, and when Mills said he could run 100 metres if he beat the Jamaican 200-metre record, his athlete duly obliged.´
Great vision Glen. Are you and Pieter De Villiers facebook friends? Apparently, over the weekend is less than ideal wet conditions, upon realising he would cross the line in first place Bolt raised his arms instead of running through the line, raising speculation over whether the youngster can in fact run faster.
Fairly serious prospect..! Tibet can wait, bring on Beijing..!
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