If there was any question that Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was the fastest man on the planet, he erased all doubt today in his 200m win. Bolt set a new world record of 19.30, besting the field by more than a half second. Wallace Spearmon of the United States was presumably so awed by Bolt’s performance that he ran out of his lane, causing him to be disqualified and costing him the Bronze Medal.
Coming in second for the Silver Medal was Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles. Shawn Crawford of the United States earned the Bronze Medal. Walter Dix, also of …read more

After all of the hype surrounding this event, the men’s 100m “dash” turned out to be not much of a race at all. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt easily bested the field with an astonishing time of 9.69 seconds, a new world record. Richard Thompson of the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago finished second and Walter Dix of the United States finished third for the Bronze Medal.
Fellow Jamaican, Asafa Powell finished fifth.

Wow! The much-heralded and one of the favorites to win the men’s 100m event, Tyson Gay failed to qualify for the event in Saturday’s semi-final race. Gay finished fifth in his race, where only the top Four times advance. Gay told NBC after the race that he had no excuses and his leg felt 100 percent.
Among those qualifying for the 100m are Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell as well as Walter Dix and Darris Patton of the United States. The final will be run Sunday morning (Saturday night in North America).

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In a field without the favorite, Tyson Gay, who fell with a severe leg cramp during the quarter finals, Walter Dix won the men’s 200m event in Eugene, Oregon last night. Dix, from Florida State University, will represent the US in Beijing. Joining him will be the 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist, Shawn Crawford and Wallace Spearmon.