Usain Bolt ran 100m last night in an astounding 9.72 seconds. And by all accounts he wasn't even planning to run the 100m in Beijing, as he sees the 200m as his favourite event!
I remember when Ben Johnson got busted in Seoul, having run 9.79, a lot of commentators said no-one could ever run those sorts of times clean. And, for a decade or so, no-one did, until Maurice Greene. Now we've got Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay all running that fast with the right tailwind. The 100m at Beijing could well be the highlight of the games, if one of them can go through the 9.70 barrier.
I remember when Ben Johnson got busted in Seoul, having run 9.79, a lot of commentators said no-one could ever run those sorts of times clean. And, for a decade or so, no-one did, until Maurice Greene. Now we've got Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay all running that fast with the right tailwind. The 100m at Beijing could well be the highlight of the games, if one of them can go through the 9.70 barrier.
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