Walter Dix
Usain Bolt makes it a double - gold in 200m!
Usain Bolt has won his second gold medal and makes it a double in the 100 and 200 meters.
He also set a new world record of 19.30, breaking it by just 2/100ths of a second.
Bolt turns 22 tomorrow, so he has 2 more reasons to celebrate.
Churandy Martina from Netherlands Antilles came second with [...]
Usain Bolt sets new world record - 9.69
Usain Bolt from Jamaica has set a new world record in the men’s 100 meters - 9.69 seconds and seemed to win it so easy.
An incredible run!
Jamaica - Usain Bolt - 9.69 WR
Trinidad and Tobago - Richard Thompson - 9.89
United States - Walter Dix - 9.91
Could an unknown sprinter win the 100m?
So much focus has been placed on Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay in the hype leading up to the Beijing Olympics, there is some chance that a relatively unknown sprinter could get up and win the race.
One of them is Bahamian sprinter Derrick Atkins and he says he is read to “pull [...]
Walter Dix, Shawn Crawford and Wallace Spearmon made the United States athletic team in the 200 meters.
As reported earlier Tyson Gay pulled out of his quarter final, 40 meters into the race with a hamstring injury.
