JAMAICA - MINING GOLD IN BERLIN
Bolt breaks his own world record … twice
On Thursday, the Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in a blistering 19.19 seconds at the world championships in Berlin. His time was 0.11 seconds below the mark he set last year at the Beijing Olympics.
“I am on my way to being a legend,” said Bolt, who gritted his teeth and pointed to the clock as soon as his 200 time flashed.
No one among the near capacity crowd at the 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Berlin disagreed.
“If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt, that would be very nice,” Bolt said.
In Sunday’s 100-meter race, Bolt won a huge matchup against Tyson Gay in 9.58 seconds — blowing away his own world record by a massive .11 seconds and making Gay seem like a laggard despite setting a U.S. record of 9.71 seconds.