Unboltlievable

9.58!

9.58!

9.58!

We need new adjectives to describe what Usain Bolt did in Berlin a couple days ago. To run 9.58 is one thing-and it's a darn incredible thing at that. But to shave 0.11 seconds off the world record is quite another. This is track and field, not swimming, and that kind of thing just does not happen everyday.

Tyson Gay, the man that proclaimed he could break Bolt's old record of 9.69 ran a formidable 9.71 behind Bolt. I wonder what kind of impact it has on a runner with someone as fast as Bolt up ahead. Does it make him go faster? If so, by how much? I really doubt that Gay could ever break Bolt's 9.58 but I do think Bolt will probably lower that mark at least once if not more during the course of his career. Important note for Bolt: KEEP HEALTHY!

And last but certainly not least, look what I wrote on this blog on January 2 of this year, as part of my 10 big sports predictions of 2009: "4. Usain Bolt will break his own World Record in the 100 M Sprint...again. Do I dare say at the World Athletic Championships in Berlin?"Accurate or what?

-D

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