Usain Bolt - 100m Olympic Final

[BIG H]

I am a massive Athletics fan and have watched very World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth 100m final sice 1986. I have never seen anybody that comes close to Bolt. Carl Lewis, Maurice Green, Linford Christie, Leroy Burrell, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell, Donocan Bailey, none of these guys are in his league. He would've run sub 9.60 if he hadn't slowed up.

Watched him in his heat of the 200m this afternoon, he jogged alongside olympic champion Shawn Crawford who was pretty much flat out.

I don't think he will break Michael Johnson's world record, but he will soon.

Amazing!!

[Master]

I did not think anyone was close to Johnson but he could break the record for 200 meters.

[OumaFan]

I don't know, seems like a guy who doesn't even need steroids, like a natural talent. Of course I'm not naive enough to discount it entirely.

That 1-2-3 sweep seemed a little sketchy but who knows.

[mexirican]

What a freak of an athlete. Won't be long before an NFL team comes calling.

[Preme]

I am a massive Athletics fan and have watched very World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth 100m final sice 1986. I have never seen anybody that comes close to Bolt. Carl Lewis, Maurice Green, Linford Christie, Leroy Burrell, Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin, Asafa Powell, Donocan Bailey, none of these guys are in his league. He would've run sub 9.60 if he hadn't slowed up.

Watched him in his heat of the 200m this afternoon, he jogged alongside olympic champion Shawn Crawford who was pretty much flat out.

I don't think he will break Michael Johnson's world record, but he will soon.

Amazing!!

i bet you he will destory johnsons record 2morrow in the final, absolutley piss it imo...

they aint letting anything out coz they know he is going to do it, and fair play i think when this guy sets his fastest record in 100 and 200 it will be a helllllll of a long time before someone beats it.

[BIG H]

I think Johnson's 200m record is the best in the book. The 2nd best time ever is 3 metres behind that (19.65 Frankie Fredericks) I think Bolt can break it, but maybe not after 8 races in 5 days. 19.32 is 9.66 for each 100m (obviously the 2nd 100 is froma running start) an incredible record from Johnson

[Preme]

I think Johnson's 200m record is the best in the book. The 2nd best time ever is 3 metres behind that (19.65 Frankie Fredericks) I think Bolt can break it, but maybe not after 8 races in 5 days. 19.32 is 9.66 for each 100m (obviously the 2nd 100 is froma running start) an incredible record from Johnson

Bolt did look a bit tired to the end of that race, but the crazy speed was enough to beat it.

I think he can do it under 19:30 in a few years

[BIG H]

He said he was knackered before the race and he was also running into a head wind - amazing

[donnydarkoIRL]

I don't think he will break Michael Johnson's world record, but he will soon.

Thats like Harry Carpenters "It's not one of his fastest wins...but its one of them."

[Preme]

I don't think he will break Michael Johnson's world record, but he will soon.

Thats like Harry Carpenters "It's not one of his fastest wins...but its one of them."

he was talking about not breaking it in THAT race - not about any race mate.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I don't think he will break Michael Johnson's world record, but he will soon.

Thats like Harry Carpenters "It's not one of his fastest wins...but its one of them."

he was talking about not breaking it in THAT race - not about any race mate.

I know it was just a case of a past tense sentence appearing odd, but I thought it was funny.

[BIG H]

Bearing in mind it was his eigth race in 5 days and it was into a head win, maybe he can go even faster. I didn't hink Johnson's record would ever be beaten!!

[Sharla]

Some people are saying that he should be more humble etc etc etc but I didn't have a problem with his attitude really.

When you read about his past he's been competitive for a long time but had injuries stopping at times of key competitions like the Athen olympics etc so

These wins would feel very overdue for the effort he's put in and the little set backs he's had along the way.

He performed well in the worlds at 17 years old and was probably made out to be the next big thing but didn't get to really show it until now. There has probably been a lot of negative people along the way who've said he was over-rated to begin with etc etc.

Must feel AWESOME to finally overcome all that and I don't blame him for wanting to celebrate even before he crossed the line!