So much for the suggestions Usain Bolt is ‘past it’, then, The Jamaican responded to his 100 metres defeat by Justin Gatlin in Rome last week by setting a stadium record as he dominated the 200m in Oslo last night.
Bolt ran 19.79 seconds at the Bislett Stadium, breaking Frankie Fredericks’ 17-year-old record by three hundredths of the second and becoming the first man this year to dip under 20 seconds.
Before the event began he was introduced to the crowd in a racing car as he zoomed around the track waving to the spectators. The car is an example from the series that will begin next season known as Formula E, where cars look like their Formula 1 counterparts but will be run on electricity.
He said he wanted the record before his race and he duly claimed it, accelerating off the bend from lane six to leave Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy Noure and Great Britain’s James Ellington in his wake.
He said: ‘I came out here and I ran hard and I went as fast as I can, so I’m happy.
'All I have to do is go home and work on everything else and go a bit faster.
'I’m going to show the world I’m the No1 and I’m the legend that I am.'
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ReplyDeleteHe shud be doin formula one too sef... He will fit in2 any sport mhen
ReplyDeletewat a response.. i feel hes more hazardous over the longer sprint
ReplyDeletehallmark of a champion.. alwaiz responding emphatically after hitting rock bottom.. kudos 2 the thunder
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