From the gun went off to start the race, till 19.30 seconds later when the sprint dynamo’s race ended in world record time. Usain Bolt was all business today. After a long standing 12 year record of 19.32; a seemingly unbreakable record came falling down after the Jamaican sprint phenomenon finished a blistering 0.52 seconds ahead off his closest rival Churandy Martina, of the Dutch Antilles was second in 19.82 but later disqualified for stepping on the line.
Taking in the moment
Previous record holder Michael Johnson said prior to the race “In order to run 19.30 he has to run the curve better and hold his speed for longer,” he also added “I didn’t think he would run 9.69, but I think he could have run 9.62 if he had run to the finish and tied up his shoes.” He had also said that he didn’t think his record would have been broken today but acknowledged that he would soon have to “kiss it goodbye”. Bolt was thinking sooner that later.
The sprint champion has taken a lot of criticism for the flamboyant way in which he won the 100m final, pounding his chest before he crossed the finish line, never the less Usain Bolt has set him self apart from every sprinter who has come before him by breaking the world record in the sprint double in the premier athletic event. No athlete has ever accomplished such a feat and no athlete since Carl Lewis has managed to win both events at the Olympics some 24 years ago.
He crossed the finish line glancing at a time that before today seemed impossible and raised his hands in triumph; fell to the ground arms and legs outstretched taking in the roaring applause from the capacity crowd in the Birds Nest. Taking in the moment he solidified himself in history as the fastest man who ever lived.
Inspired by her fellow Jamaican athlete and her own determination, Melanie Walker gave her country another reason to celebrate as she also devastated her competition in record time to win the gold medal in women’s 400m hurdles. Amazing!
I dont know what to say i dont have worlds HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY USAIN JAMAICA LOVES YOU
Mel I know you was going to do it girl
JAMAICA is so proud of you
JAMAICA LOVE YOU
Usain you are one of the greatest athletes ever; humble and gracious. I was particularly heartened by your comments about my nephew, Germaine mason, when you said that he is your friend and you don’t care who he represents. That sounds like a true sportsman. I wish you well
I want to congratulate ALL the athletes for qualifying for the Olympics, I know it wasnt an easy task.Bless up unnu self.BOLT…..nuh linga ina Beijing too long….just gully creep come home wid ur medals a yaad.
Uasin Bolt – the Fastest man in Life… Faster Than Car and Bike!!!!!
Melaine Walker – I agree with you girl… YOU ARE IT!!!!!
I am so so proud of Usain. Usain has made us who are in the Diaspora feel good to be Jamaican. Also we must not forget the acheivements of Shelly-Ann, Melaine and the other medal winners and those who qualified for the Olympics. Congratulations to all who have put Jamaican athletics back on top were we belong. Big up!!!
congratulations Melaine. you made us proud. Keep up the good job. You are bless girl.
Been so long since we had something truly outstanding and National to celebrate. I hope they have the welcome home event at our National Stadium.
No crime, no politics, no crap…Just raw achivement. Hail to Usain and hail to our champions.
Mr. Bolt you are the crem-dela-crem. Congrats, love your style no watch no face let the haters goes straight to hell. Jamaica love you do your thing and celebrate how u want to celebrate. You work very hard for your great achievements.
CONGTRATSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FASTEST MAN
Mr. Bolt happy birthday sah! Continue being humble. God has so much more in store for man!!!!!!
Congrats to Usain Bolt on his phenomenal achievement!!
Double Gold…Double World record! Indeed the finest athlete to have grace the track in sprint…ever! The amazing thing is ….his best days are yet to come! You have indeed made the whole Caribbean proud.
Congratulations to all the other Caribbean athletes…you have represented outstandingly well.
Respect!
Trevor D
St. George’s, Grenada
usain u have inspired me to continue running we all love thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! to all our Jamaican athletes who have made it to the Olympics. I am a happy and proud Jamaican national living abroad but my love for my country of Jamaica and its people remain strong. Today I am especially happy to be a witness of the stuff Jamaicans are made of. There has never been and will never be a doubt in my mind of how magnificient we are as long as I live. Small axe does fall big trees. Nuff, nuff, nuff respect to our champions.
These feats will long live in the memories of persons who witnessed the greatest sprint races of all time. It is certainly one of the greatest honours that a native son wearing the national colours ran for Jamaica, the island nation and by extension, the Caribbean. Mr. Bolt, you have carried a nation on your shoulders and instilled a sense of pride that says to the world, ‘yes, our time has come… we have faced the world and have proved that we could succeed’. We need not be a super-power but our athletes have super-powers. All natural, and not chemically induced. Those who would hinder us have been pushed aside; those who would negate our achievements have been silenced. Long live the ‘Lightning Bolt’.
Well, well, well Jamaica Represents! Usain Bolt…all i have to say is WOW! He is def. the man, he is like a speeding bullet. Big Congrats to Melanie and all the other winners. You guys did an amazing job. Usain Bolt once again is so flawless, competent, and admirable to the athletes wanting to follow in his footsteps. Jamaica de pon top, we all give thanks to Usain, Melanie, Shelly-Ann, etc. for that.
USA The pharmacy is out of business. We can see how Merlene Ottey was robbed of her glory for all these years. Our athletes are true ambassadors for our country. Wi rate unno, one love, whether yu medal or not, because you have achieved so much by just making it to China. A lot of talk is going around about Asafa, and thse with there negative and somtimes nasty comments need to ask themselves, could they do better?
I AM PROUD OF ALL OUR ATHLETES CONGRATS, YOU MAKE ME PROUD TO BE A JAMAICAN!!!!!!
I am proud of Bolt Powell and all the other Jamaican Olympians GoD bless you guyz and nuff, nuff love to u all. Bolt u show me that I can Acheive anything through hard work and determination love and thanks to you all. Just let all the haters know that them is going to hate you more because you goning to beat your chest fi the better make them maaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddd! Love alwayz from the dept of my heart.
Usain ! you and all the jamaican team makes us ( Jamaicans) proud to be who we are and what we are — JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE OF WHAT IS YET TO COME AND CONTINUE DO YU TING AND DO IT, AN DO IT YOUR WAY THE REAL JAMAICAN WAY !!!!!!!!!! NUF RESPECT TU YU AN ALL A DI TEAM AGAIN. Happybirth day and enjoy yourself and do’nt let no one tell you nutting. God bless you and your family.
Absolutely amazing!! very proud of the Jamaica athletes, who went all out to make themselves known and their country proud.!!
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!!!!.. ONE LOVE..BIGS UPS TO BOLT & THE LADIES FOR MAKING JAMAICA PROUD!!!
NUFF RESPECT TO U ALL……….. NUH LINGA!!!
I get tears in my eyes,when i watch the Jamaican running in China,the USA have being robbing us of our golds the those years but not again. We are def. the best there is nuff love to you Asafa yuh still my champion you make us proud to be JAMAICAN. Bolt you are the man,dance if you want,dem cayna stop you,Girls love you bad.keep doing yuh ting.
Mr Lighting, you ran like a TRUE CHAMPION to demolished that record of the USA Micheal Johnson. But listen man, why the lowed celebration of that win…look ya man you have three (3) USA runners in there..you demolished the feel…and a so you celebrate. ….celebrate harding next time..BUT MEK SURE YOU CELEBRATE AFTER U GO OVA DI LINE!!!!!
MI STILL HAPPPYYY HAPPPY FOR YOU!!! CONGRATS AND BIG UP!!
Melaine, did you predict GOLD? Yes, you did and you delivered GOLD for yourself and your nation!!!!. CONNGGGRAATULLATIOOONSS TO UNNOO!
Asafa I know that you are disappointed but God knows why. You time will come don’t worry. In every thing give thanks to God.
Congrats to all Jamaican who are taking part in the games. You have made us proud!
I wish to extend my congratulations to U Bolt and the rest of the team. You are true athletes. The marketing you have done for Jamaica over the last week is worth millions. The vibes you have created at home (Yard) is priceless.
The pride you have created for Jamaicans living abroad and going through their different challenges is huge.
For those Jamaicans living abroad and sometimes wonder if sending remittances to families back home is the right thing to do you have stated clearly YES it is a good investment.
Take your tips from Donavon Bailey. You are moving into a different stage of your life. You will need a good lawyer, financial advisor, publicist, etc.
I was able to view your races here in Canada on the CBC television station.
Blessed..
i’m not even jamaican i’m from trinidad but bolt i gotta give it to you you got talent real talent and to jamaica whatever you doing please keep doing it cuz is amazing wait let me correct that it’s jamazing so keep it up and who cares if you celebrated b4 the race was over you worked hard and delivered ppl come on stop hating please
To ALL our Jamaican Athletes in Beijing 2008 Olympics 2008, you truly made the people of Jamaica very, very proud.
To All our Jamaicans Athletes who represented Jamaica in ALL previous Olympics we are proud of you just the same. The performance of our Athletes in Beijing 2008 Olympics is a confirmation to the world that the Jamaican people are the best performers always and forever.
There is no one in this world that can out perform the people of Jamaica. Our nation is rated among the best and no one can take that away from us.
Our Jamaica people are planted in the house of the LORD,
We will flourish in the courts of our God.
Our Jamaicans Athletes will still bear fruit in old age,
Jamaican will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The LORD is upright;
God is the Rock of Jamaica and Jamaicans.
Jamaicans are top performers and trend setters on or off any public stage. To God be the Glory!
Hey Jamaica’s athletes:
We are proud and do appreciate all the efforts and good work done there in Beijing at the olympics.
Stand tall ,stay strong and remeber that out of many you are all one people over there.
BIG CONGRATS TO ALL: both who participated and who were there in reserves position.
We are grateful and as a country we need to have this same love for our brothers and sisters.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND WE LOVE YOU
JAMAICAN ATHLETES TO THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations guys I was always proud of my country but even more so now, I knew we had it in us it was a long time comming the hard work has paid off, for the size of the country it is absolutely brilliant cannot wait for 2012, I hope the youths can follow in the footstep of our heros and continue to represent our nation in a positive way without drugs and all that other stuff!!! About Rougg comment he is just hating Jamaicans do not hold back anything we go the whole way thats why we stand out from the rest. I am sure Bolt respect is competitions but it was not about anyone else it was about him, back off
Im proud to be a jamaican. living in baltimore you all should see mi at work yesterday with mi colours on proudly USA the drugs thing don fi you all Jamaicans wi are all natural
To all our athletes, coaches and Olympic champions I say BIG UP and ONE LOVE coming from a Jamaican living in London. You have all made us in the diaspora extremely proud and my heart is full of pride. Proud to be Jamaican. Again thank you for all you have done for our island home and continue to raise the Jamaican flag high. Cant wait to see you here in 2012!!
Lets celebrate Caribbean Olympic Success!
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