Usain Bolt dashes to another world record in 100 meters USA Today

Usain Bolt of Jamaica new to the meters this year already is an old hand at setting astonishing world records. On Saturday in the final of the Olympic meters Bolt gapped the field looking around through the final meters high stepping through the final and lowering his own world record to . seconds . better than the mark he set in May. Then after securing his first Olympic gold medal he barely slowed down until he rounded the curve and hit the backstraight for some dancing and handshakes with some of his fans in the crowd. RESULTS Lightning Bolt shocks track world ELIMINATED American Tyson Gay misses final LOPRESTI Having fun cruising into history It wasn t planned the new World s Fastest Man told the Associated Press. My aim was to come out and win. When I saw the time I m celebrating. I m happy. For Bolt and Jamaica it was a glorious moment. For all the great sprinters the Caribbean island has produced no Olympic champion has ever worn the Jamaican colors. Natives Linford C! hristie and Donovan Bailey won gold medals for Great Britain in and Canada in respectively. Bolt became the first sprinter to set the world record in the Olympics since Donovan Bailey ran . at the Atlanta Games. No one will get near it fellow Jamaican Michael Frater the sixth place finisher said of Bolt s record. Two U.S. collegians earned the other medals. Richard Thompson of Trinidad Tobago the NCAA champ for LSU was second . and Walter Dix of the USA the NCAA champ this season for Florida State took third . . Dix started slow but came on strong toward the end. I was planning to get out of the blocks and win this race but unfortunately he did it Dix told reporters afterward. I know I have much more to do. But I m proud to be on that podium for America he added. Asafa Powell of Jamaica who set the four previous records before Bolt finished fifth . . Tyson Gay the world champ U.S. recordholder and the third fastest man ever was eliminated in the semifinals. Gay who suffered! a right hamstring injury July in the at the U.S. trials and had no races since then finished fifth one spot out of a finals berth in . . Bolt s specialty and his favorite race has been the meters. He will be favored to claim his second gold when the begins with heats on Monday. If he completes the sprint double it will be the first time that has occurred in the Olympics since Carl Lewis accomplished it in . Bolt persuaded his coach Glen Mills to let him give the a try. Though Mills believed Bolt s best event could be the he agreed. Now in only a handful of races Bolt has set two world records. Usain was spectacular Powell said. He was definitely untouchable tonight. He could have gone a lot faster if he had run straight through the line. Bolt at foot was considered too tall to be a dominant runner men that tall aren t supposed to be able to get out of the starting blocks fast enough to win the shortest sprint. But that height does have some advantages Bolt needs only about strides to reach the line most of his competitors need in the range of! . NBC analyst Ato Boldon an Olympic medalist in the and predicted this kind of performance saying in May after Bolt s first world record He s going to run . there s no question in my mind. Boldon also said then that he expects Bolt to challenge the record . set by Michael Johnson in . He s he s going to get stronger he ll get better competition. . He s a phenomenal talent. Briefly New Zealand s Valerie Vili won the gold medal in the Olympic women s shot put on Saturday after throwing a personal best of feet inches in the first round of the final. Natallia Mikhenevich of Belarus took the silver medal her husband Andrei won bronze in the men s event with a best of . Fellow Belarussian Nadzeya Ostapchuk whose best effort was finished with the bronze. Qualifying All three Americans Lauryn Williams Torri Edwards and Muna Lee qualified for Sunday s semifinals of the women s as did the three Jamaicans Sherone Simpson Shelly Ann Fraser and Kerron Stewart. . Americans Bershawn Jack! son Kerron Clement and Angelo Taylor the Olympic champion breezed into Monday night s final of the hurdles. Contributing The Associated Press Posted Updated E mail Save Print To report corrections and clarifications contact Reader Editor Brent Jones . For publication consideration in the newspaper send comments to lettersusatoday.com . Include name phone number city and state for verification. Guidelines You share in the USA TODAY community so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don t attack other readers personally and keep your language decent. Use the Report Abuse button to make a difference. Read more . 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