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Double Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says it will be Thursday - his 22nd birthday - when it finally sinks in he has fulfilled his childhood dream of being a world record-holder in the 200 metres.
The tall Jamaican completed a rare sprint double by winning the men's 200m title here on Wednesday in a world record time of 19.30 seconds having also broken the men's 100m mark in another record time of 9.69secs on Saturday.
Bolt is the first man to win the two events in the same Olympic Games since Carl Lewis in 1984.
"The 200 metres record has been my dream since I was 15, when I was the youngest ever person to win the world junior title - it is my first love," said Bolt after breaking Michael Johnson's 200m record of 19.32 from the Atlanta Games in 1996.
i'm looking forward to the 4x100m relay, i'm sure jamaica stands a very good chance. oh yes, i guess everybody will be tuning in to the beijing olympics live scoreboard in office tomorrow morning when li jiawei faces zhang yining in the ladies' table-tennis semi-finals at 10am... well, it could have been an all-singapore semis, argh. best of luck to singapore!
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Double Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says it will be Thursday - his 22nd birthday - when it finally sinks in he has fulfilled his childhood dream of being a world record-holder in the 200 metres.
The tall Jamaican completed a rare sprint double by winning the men's 200m title here on Wednesday in a world record time of 19.30 seconds having also broken the men's 100m mark in another record time of 9.69secs on Saturday.
Bolt is the first man to win the two events in the same Olympic Games since Carl Lewis in 1984.
"The 200 metres record has been my dream since I was 15, when I was the youngest ever person to win the world junior title - it is my first love," said Bolt after breaking Michael Johnson's 200m record of 19.32 from the Atlanta Games in 1996.
i'm looking forward to the 4x100m relay, i'm sure jamaica stands a very good chance. oh yes, i guess everybody will be tuning in to the beijing olympics live scoreboard in office tomorrow morning when li jiawei faces zhang yining in the ladies' table-tennis semi-finals at 10am... well, it could have been an all-singapore semis, argh. best of luck to singapore!