Bolt delivers as expected over 100m with new World record

Monday, August 17, 2009

Usain Bolt took 0.11 seconds off his world record of 9.69, on his way to becoming the first Jamaican man to win the World Championship 100 metres title at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin yesterday.

In control at the 30-metre mark he blitzed the field to win by 0.13secs in 9.58secs (wind +0.9 m/s).


"For me it was all about just winning and I went out there and executed well and I got the right time, so I'm happy with myself,"


"I would definitely say I gave it most of what I had because Tyson Gay was right there, so I had to push. I'm not in the best of shape, but I'm in great shape,"

American Tyson Gay finished second in 9.71secs - the second fastest time of all time and Jamaica's Asafa Powell took bronze with a season best 9.84secs.

Gay was quoted as saying:

"I've been telling you someone could run 9.5. I'm happy he did it. It showed humans can take it to another level," said Gay,




"Well, I'm not sure if he's human; maybe he's from space," said Powell. "But it shows that it is possible, and a lot more guys are going to work hard to run 9.5s because Bolt has taken the sport to another level."

as for the 200m and another record Bolt said :

"Definitely, you can always expect great things from me because I always go out there and do my best all the time, so you can definitely expect great things in the 200m."

Spearmon wins Shanghai 100m as Powell says "not allowed" to race Gay

Powell dominated Shanghai at 200m in China as a tired Gay faded over 100m to bow out to Spearmon as the season edges to a close.

Wallace Spearmon beat Tyson Gay in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix this Friday as the World champion lost form.

World 100m and 200m champion Gay blasted out of the blocks but at 80m his US teammate Spearmon went ahead beat him to the line in 9.96 seconds.

Gay clocked 10.02 with Jamaica's Michael Frater third.

"I'm very excited about this performance. Last year I ran a personal best here and this year I've done the same," said the winner ...

Gay admitted he had been resting since the world championships in Osaka and there was never a true race in him really; let alone one against dominant Asafa Powell.

"Wallace Spearmon ran a great race. I was just a little bit rusty," accoring to Gay.

"I haven't done a lot of training, I've been resting and relaxing." Trips to London for his sponsors Adidas and the pressure of the World crown sees the Osaka win appear more and more like a gift from a mistake by Powell than a true triumph for Gay. He closes out the season World champion but not world #1.

That goes to Asafa Powell set a new 100m world record of 9.74sec in Italy earlier this month.

Powell in a surprise twist claimed he was "not allowed" to face Gay at Shanghai in a rematch of their world championship final : www.100m.com and www.200m.com doubted the two would race after Osaka and its looking like things will run out at that now.

Powell pulled out the stops to wow the Chinese crowd and stormed the 200m in 20 seconds close to his personal best. America's Rodney Martin was second Jamaica's Christopher Williams third.

Powell the worlds fastest 100m sprinter

Powell clearly eased off before the line for a slower time than was obviously possible and shows just why he is easily the fastest man on earth over 100m right now.

World Record to Powell as Gay is nowhere

ROME:

Asafa Powell hit a new world 100m record of 9.74 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix at Rieti, Italy, yesterday sending the clear signal that he is the fastest man on eath right now and the Americans, so dominant in Osaka at the World Championships, were nowhere to be seen.

His old mark of 9.77 had stood since Athens (June 2005) and this run underlines the fact that Powell simply suffered from a bad case of tying up as Tyson Gay overhauled him in Osaka.

The 24-year-old Powell had said at the beginning of August that he felt he was capable of beating the world record in 2007 saying he could run "9.74 or 9.73, even below 9.70."

Powell flew away in the race ahead of Norway's Saidy Ndure Jaysuma (10.07) and 2003 world champion from St Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins (10.14).