Usain Bolt claimed his third gold medal and set his third world record of the Beijing Games as Jamaica stormed to victory in the men’s 4×100m relay. Bolt, who won the 100 and 200 finals in world record times, teamed up with Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell to clock 37.10 seconds, slashing 0.30 off the mark set by the United States at the 1993 world championships.
Il quartetto composto da Carter, Frater, Bolt e Powell vince in 37″10 davanti a Trinidad & Tobago e Giappone. Battuto il primato degli Stati Uniti che resisteva dal 1993.
Usain Bolt has completed the sprint double with a stunning run of 19.30 in the men’s 200m to break Michael Johnson’s world record.
Ancora un oro e ancora un record del mondo per Usain Bolt. Il giamaicano e’ volato anche sui 200 metri fermando il cronometro sul tempo di 19”30 e battendo cosi’ il primato di Michael Johnson, quel 19”32 stabilito ad Atlanta nel 1996. L’argento e’ andato a Churandy Martina, delle Antille olandesi, (19”82), bronzo per Shawn Crawford.
Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, breaking fellow swimmer and compatriot Mark Spitz’s 1972 record of seven golds at a single Games. The 23-year-old American had already won more gold medals than any other athlete at the Olympics.
Phelps ce l’ha fatta. Ha battuto Spitz. Ha conquistato 8 medaglie d’oro nella stessa Olimpiade. L’evento storico si è verificato alle 11.11.18 ora di Pechino - in Italia era l’alba, le 5.11.18 - quando Jason Lezak, ultimo frazionista della squadra americana ha toccato primo. Phelps ha esultato con i compagni per la vittoria.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won 100 metres gold at the Beijing Olympics in a world record time, thumping his chest in celebration as he scorched to victory in 9.69 seconds. The 21-year-old Bolt won his country’s first Olympic title in the blue riband event and capped an astonishing rise to the top of his sport. His former world record was 9.72 seconds. Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago won the silver and American Walter Dix the bronze. Bolt’s time was rounded up from 9.68 which was flashed up immediately after the race in the stadium.
Usain Bolt, a 22 anni ancora da compiere (tra cinque giorni), marchia a fuoco, con un sensazionale record del mondo, i 100 metri più veloci della storia, conquistando l’oro e un posto a caratteri cubitali nell’album dei primati: 9”69. Secondo Thompson (argento con 9”89) o il miracoloso Dix, che ha preso il bronzo con 9”91.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set a new 100 metres world record at the Reebok grand prix in New York, while his compatriot Veronica Campbell-Brown posted the fastest time of the year in the women’s event. The 21-year-old Bolt announced he is a genuine force in track and field’s blue ribband event by streaking home in a time of 9.72 seconds, breaking the previous record of 9.74 posted by compatriot Asafa Powell last September.
A due mesi e una settimana dall’inizio delle Olimpiadi di Pechino l’atletica lancia uno straordinario acuto con l’impresa al Reebok Grand Prix di Usain Bolt, 1.96 di altezza, ma capace di correre in 9″72 sui 100 (vento di 1,7 m/s) su una pista resa umida dalla pioggia. Il record lo ha firmato all’Icahn Stadium di Randall Island.
