USAIN BOLT VIDEO BEIJING 2008 WORLD RECORD 100m 9.69 200m

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The First real video of jamican USAIN BOLT VIDEO BEIJING 2008 World RECORD 100m - 9.69
200m - 19.30
4x100 - 37.10
footage real video record winner unhuman usain bolt

Bolt announced that he would double-up with the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Beijing Summer Olympics, and the new 100 m world-record holder was the favourite to win both.[28][29] Michael Johnson, the 200 m and 400 m record holder, personally backed the sprinter, saying he did not believe that a lack of experience would work against him.[30] Bolt qualified for the final with 9.92 and 9.85 seconds in the quarter-finals and semifinals respectively.[31][32][33] In the Olympic 100 m final, Bolt broke new ground, winning in 9.69 s. This was an improvement upon his own world record, and he was well ahead of second-place finisher Richard Thompson, who finished in 9.89 s.[34] Not only was the record set without a favourable wind (+0.0 m/s), but also he visibly slowed down to celebrate before he finished and his shoelace was untied.[35][36][37] Bolt continued running past the post, enjoying his victory.[38] Bolt stated that setting a record was not a priority for him, and that his goal was just to win the gold medal, Jamaica's first of the 2008 Games.[39] Olympic medallist Kriss Akabusi construed Bolt's chest slapping before the finish line as showboating, noting that the actions cost Bolt an even faster record time.[40] IOC president Jacques Rogge also condemned the Jamaican's actions as disrespectful.[41][42] Bolt denied that this was the purpose of his mid-race celebration by saying "I wasn't bragging. When I saw I wasn't covered, I was just happy."[43]

Bolt then focused on attaining a gold medal in the 200 m event, aiming to emulate Carl Lewis' double win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[44] Michael Johnson felt that Bolt would easily win gold but believed his world record of 19.32 s set at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta would remain intact at the Olympics.[45] Bolt eased through the first and second rounds of the 200 m, jogging towards the end of his run both times.[46] He won his semifinal and progressed to the last 8 as the favourite to win.[47] The following day, at the final, he won Jamaica's fourth gold of the Games, setting a new world and Olympic record of 19.30 s.[48] Johnson's record fell despite the fact Bolt was impeded by a 0.9 m/s headwind. The feat made him the first sprinter since Don Quarrie to hold both 100 m and 200 m world records simultaneously and the first since the introduction of electronic timing.[48][49] Furthermore, Bolt became the first sprinter to break both records at the same Olympics.[50] Unlike the 100 m race, Bolt pressed all the way to the finish line, even dipping his chest to improve his time.[51] Following the race, "Happy Birthday" was played over the stadium's sound system as his 22nd birthday began at midnight.[51]

Two days later, Bolt ran as the third leg in the Jamaican 4x100 metres relay team, taking his gold medal total to three.[52] Along with team mates Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell, Bolt broke yet another world and Olympic record as their 37.10 s finish broke the previous record by three tenths of a second.[53] Powell, who anchored the team to the finishing line, lamented the loss of his 100 m record to Bolt but showed no animosity towards his Jamaican rival, stating he was delighted to help him set his third world record.

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  • Get sterilized please.

  • @soccerguy130 I know you posted this two years ago but sean kingston and usain bolt are both jamaican. lol

  • @BJs4MePlz You obviously didn't read my comment. I said long legs CAN be a slight advantage but the main thing that makes THE MAJORITY of blacks faster is our fast twitch muscle fibers not just long legs.

  • @phastman1994 if its only a SLIGHT advantage, then why are all the people in this 100m sprint jamaican or have some form of african in thier genetics. its a huge advantage.

  • @BJs4MePlz When did I call you racist? I said it's not true that the "only" reason black people are faster because they have longer legs, thats the most ignorant thing I've ever heard! MOST black people are faster than whites because of our faster twitch muscle fibers, yes many tend to have longer legs which CAN be a slight advantage but thats not the main thing that makes the MAJORITY of us faster at all.

  • @phastman1994 actually, i do. and its been proven on a documentary, whose racist now arse hole?

  • @BJs4MePlz Thats not true at all, you don't know what the fuck you're talkin about boy!

  • not being racist, but the only reason black people run faster then white people, is because black people have longer legs then thier upper body, while caucasians have longer upper body.

    ever wondered why they stay on track nd out of the pool? :)

  • if you look at him then he is 'black' or brown... and he is awesome

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