Usain Bolt is “World’s Fastest Man”
After all of the hype surrounding this event, the men’s 100m “dash” turned out to be not much of a race at all. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt easily bested the field with an astonishing time of 9.69 seconds, a new world record. Richard Thompson of the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago finished second and Walter Dix of the United States finished third for the Bronze Medal.
Fellow Jamaican, Asafa Powell finished fifth.
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