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NEWS ABOUT: Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt stories: 13 news summaries
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 Most Influential 
 Man of 2009 Is... 
 Don Draper? 

The winner isn't even real, and Usain Bolt leaves Obama in his dust

Oct 8, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most influential man of 2009—at least in the eyes of AskMen.com readers—isn't actually a man. He's a fictional creation, none other than Don Draper of Mad Men. "In a turbulent 2009, men are seeking the stability of tradition in the masculine qualities that they imagine... More »

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Barack Obama • Steve Jobs • Simon Cowell • Roger Federer • Mark Zuckerberg • Peyton Manning • Michael Jackson • Ultimate Fighting Championship • Usain Bolt • Mad Men • Jon Hamm • Don Draper • Dana White

(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... More »

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steroids • track and field • performance-enhancing drugs • Usain Bolt • sprinters

(Newser) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt shattered the world record for the 100-meter race today, shearing more off the previous best time—his own—than anyone in recorded history, reports the Chicago Tribune. With a 2 mph tailwind, the 22-year-old clocked in at just 9.58 seconds—0.11 seconds faster than the... More »

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Berlin • Tyson Gay • Sprint • Usain Bolt • sprinters • Jay-ZTV • Olympic Stadium

 Usain Bolt Crashes 
 Gift Car, Walks Away 

Bolt has only minor scratches

Apr 30, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt walked away from a car accident in Jamaica with no apparent injuries except a thorn in his foot. The world champion sprinter crashed his BMW M3—a gift from sponsor Puma for his performance in Beijing—after speeding down a wet highway, the Guardian reports.... More »

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car accident • Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • running • Usain Bolt • sprinters

 Carl Lewis Hints at 
 Bolt Drug Connection 

US great says Jamaica's testing policy puts Olympic feats in question

Sep 12, 08 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Olympic great Carl Lewis says Jamaica needs to toughen its drug policy before he’ll take Usain Bolt’s sprinting feats seriously. “I think there are some issues,” Lewis tells Sports Illustrated. “No one is accusing anyone. But don’t live by a different rule and... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • performance-enhancing drugs • random drug testing • Usain Bolt • sprinters • Carl Lewis

 Bolt Claims 3rd Gold, Record


Aug 22, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Usain Bolt earned a triple-triple of sprint gold medals and world records today, an unprecedented Olympic feat. With his giant strides, he ran a lighting final bend that set anchor Asafa Powell on the way to a record 37.10 seconds in the 4x100 meters, chopping a massive .30 off... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • gold medal • Usain Bolt

 Speedy, but
 Disrespectful:
 IOC Chief

IOC chief criticizes sprinter's winning attitude

Aug 21, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Usain Bolt has reached the level of track great Jesse Owens, but the 22-year-old Jamaican needs to show more respect to fellow competitors, says the head of the IOC. Although Jacques Rogge expects more amazing feats from Bolt, whom he calls "another dimension in sprint," he censured the... More »

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Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • International Olympic Committee • Usain Bolt

OLYMPICS

 Golden Bolt Breaks 200 Record

Jamaican sprinter first since Carl Lewis to win 100 and 200 meters

Aug 20, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(AP) - Usain Bolt of Jamaica raced to a gold medal and a world record of 19.30 seconds today in the 200 meters, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics—and the first to ever break world records... More »

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Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • Usain Bolt • Michael Johnson • sprinters • Carl Lewis

OLYMPICS

 Jamaicans Spell Speed 'D-N-A' 

Sprinters' success a combination of nature and nurture

Aug 19, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jamaicans sprinters are cleaning up in Beijing, thanks to both biology and their backgrounds. Runners of West African descent—including Jamaicans—have more "fast-twitch" muscle fibers, the kind that generate quick bursts of energy, Slate explains. But nature alone didn't propel 100-meter champ Usain Bolt to his record-breaking, chest-thumping... More »

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Jamaica • 2008 Beijing Olympics • track and field • Usain Bolt • sprinters • Shelly-Ann Fraser

Bolt: 'A Sprinting Prodigy From Another Planet'

Usain Bolt is a delightful mystery

Aug 17, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world, ever, yesterday—without even appearing to try. “His run was mind-boggling. Freakish. Revolutionary,” writes Joe Posnanski in the Kansas City Star. “He coasted his last seven strides, and all day he’d only eaten chicken nuggets, and his... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • 100 meter dash • Usain Bolt

olympics

 Jamaica's
 Bolt: World's
 Fastest Man


Aug 16, 08 9:26 AM CDT
(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... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Tyson Gay • Asafa Powell • Usain Bolt • sprinters

OLYMPICS

 10 Buzz-Worthy Olympians

Phelps, Bolt, Xiang take sport's center stage

Aug 7, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Competing in 20 Olympic events and going for a record eight gold medals, American swimming phenom Michael Phelps is first off the block in the BBC's list of 10 to watch in Beijing. Here are some of the others:
  • Natalie du Toit: This South African swimmer and Paralympic gold-medalist
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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • swimming • track and field • Usain Bolt • Natalie du Toit

Jamaican Sets World
Record in 100 Meters

Bolt's 9.72 second mark comes in only 5th pro race at the distance

Jun 1, 08 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, a 200 meter specialist who only recently began running against elite competition at 100 meters, raced to a new world record of 9.72 seconds at the shorter distance last night in New York City's Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island. Cheered by a partisan crowd waving... More »

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New York City • Jamaica • world record • 100 meter dash • track and field • World's Fastest Man • Usain Bolt

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