Lighting-Fast Bolt Smashes 100-Meter Record

(AP) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt rewrote the record books again and easily captured his first Olympic medal by running the 100-meter dash in a stunning 9.69 seconds. Laying claim to the title of "world's fastest man," Bolt beat Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago by 0.2 seconds, while American Walter Dix was third. It marked the first time six runners came in under 10 seconds in the Olympic race. More»

Statistician shows how Bolt could beat his record time

(NEWSER) - Sure, Usain Bolt is probably the fastest man to ever live, but one Cambridge math professor doesn't think he's achieved his full potential. In a new study, John Barrow shows that Bolt could shave 0.13 seconds off his world record 9.58-second 100-meter time without doing a lick of extra conditioning, the Telegraph reports. For starters, if Bolt could react to the starting gun faster—something he's surprisingly lousy at for a top sprinter—he could shave 0.05 seconds off. More»

He wins at World Championships one week after default

(NEWSER) - Yep, he's still fast. Usain Bolt didn't get a chance to prove it last week when a false start disqualified him from the 100 meters at the World Championships. He didn't make the same mistake today in the 200 meters, blowing past the field with the fourth-fastest time in history (19:40), reports USA Today . "I'm back to my old self now," he said. The USA's Michael Dix finished second (19:70). More»

'It's all about fashion,' sprinter says of Puma deal

(NEWSER) - Usain Bolt has just signed the biggest sponsorship deal in track-and-field history—and one of the biggest in sports history, period. The deal extends Bolt’s long-standing relationship with Puma, which has sponsored him since he was 15. Puma hasn’t released the exact figures, but sources tell the Guardian that it’s somewhere in the vicinity of the $32.5 million soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo signed with Nike. More»

(NEWSER) - Usain Bolt doesn’t even bother running through the tape at full speed. By the end of his sprints—even his mind-boggling, record-breaking 200-meters in Berlin—he’s mugging for the cameras. “Every race he leaves us wondering, ‘How fast could this guy go?’” writes Michael Wilbon in the Washington Post. Unfortunately, he leaves us wondering something else too: “Is he clean?” More»