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Lightning Thunder Bolt creates shockwaves: Usain Bolt smashes 100 metres field and world record in Beijing Olympics final.

Imagine if he had really tried. Pounding his chest, turning up the palms of his outstretched arms, mugging for the cameras before he even crossed the finish line, Usain Bolt rewrote the record books again and captured his first Olympic medal Saturday, toying with the field and running the 100-meter dash in a stunning 9.69 seconds.
His left shoe was untied when he crossed the finish line. Not that it mattered much. He could’ve walked across.

Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer who holds world records in several events. Phelps has won thirteen (eleven gold, two bronze) Olympic medals overall, eight (six gold, two bronze) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and five (all gold) at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,[2], which gave him the most gold medals of any Olympic athlete at 11.[3]

Phelps’s eight medals in the Athens Olympics tied him with Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin for the most medals of any type in any one Olympics. [4]

Phelps’ international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and American Swimmer of the Year Award in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007.

Phelps has qualified to compete in eight swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and is attempting to beat Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at one Olympics.

US swimmer Michael Phelps broke the record for Olympic gold medals won by taking his 10th and 11th in a double victory on Wednesday.

Phelps, 23, won his fourth gold of the Beijing Olympics and 10th of all time with victory in the 200m butterfly.

And he claimed yet another gold as part of the US 4×200m freestyle team.

Phelps has now surpassed the nine golds won by Paavo Nurmi, Carl Lewis, Mark Spitz and Larysa Latynina to cement his place in Olympic history.

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He is also bidding to beat Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in a single Olympic games and has moved to within three of that achievement.

The US star came a step closer to gold number six when he eased through to the semi-finals of the 200m individual medley, winning his heat in a time of one minute 58.65secs

He has the 100m butterfly and the 4×100m medley relay later in the week.

“There is still something left in the tank,” he said. “I’ve got three races left, so there had better be something left in the tank.”

Phelps began proceedings in the Water Cube on Wednesday in typical fashion, beating Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh and Japan’s Takeshi Matsuda in a world record time of 1:52.03 to claim 200m butterfly gold.

Beijing 2008: 100 meters Men Final wins Usain Bolt New World record 9.69 gold medal

Jamaican Usain Bolt dashed through the finish line of the Men’s 200m to complete a rare sprint double by winning the Men’s 200m days after winning the Men’s 100m at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Bolt is the first man to win the two events in the same Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984.BEIJING, August 20) — Jamaican Usain Bolt dashed through the finish line of the Men’s 200m to complete a rare sprint double by winning the Men’s 200m, days after having won the Men’s 100m at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 seconds in the Men’s 200m final to take the gold medal in this event on August 20. His elegant and relaxed performance has captivated the world of Athletics.

Usain Bolt runs 200 meter in 19,30 seconds at the olympic games in Beijing. He set’s a new world record! ENJOY!!!!!

Jamaica’s 100 metres Olympic champion Usain Bolt stayed on course in his bid to become the first athlete since Carl Lewis in 1984 to do the sprint double as he won his 200m semi-final in confident fashion.

BEIJING: The world knows that he is lightning quick on the track. There are two world records as proof.

Usain Bolt, the sprint champion in the Olympic Games, wants to be known as ‘Lightning Bolt’, the media nickname that has been given to him even before he reached Beijing.

Thrilled to break the world record on the eve of his 22nd birthday, Bolt was reacting to the former 200m world record holder Michael Johnson calling him as the Superman.

“I am Lightning Bolt! I am not Flash Gordon or anybody. My name is Bolt, Lightning Bolt”, said Bolt, as he addressed the media after the historic 200m race that he won at 19.30, a new world record.

Michael Johnson had agreed that Bolt would take his record one day, but did not expect that to be in Beijing.
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The United States leads the way internationally with 22 total gold through bronze medals, followed by 20 for China and 12 for South Korea. However, staying with recent history, China is number-1 in the gold-medal rackup with 13-golds followed by 7-golds for the US and South Korea has 5 total.

US-swimmer Michael Phelps tied the all-time record for most gold-medals won by an Olympian. He reached a record 9-golds after taking 3 of 3 victories thusfar in Beijing. Phelps will attempt to break the record as well as defend his world record and championship in the 200-meter butterfly at Wednesday’s finals. The American team took the gold in the 400 freestyle relay, just ahead of France after one French swimmer told the media he would smash the Americans in competition. Two other US-swimmers took the 1st and 2nd place titles in the 100-backstroke for men while on the female-flipside, USA-swimmers took gold and bronze. One Australian female swimmer took the gold in the 100-breaststroke, followed by the US. And the top-qualifier for the 200 free was Slovenia and the number-2 spot went to America.

China took home the gold medal in men’s gymnastics, stealing the title from Japan. And the American team racked up some injuries and finished with a bronze award. The women’s gymnastic teams continue the competition at Wednesday’s finals. The Chinese team enters as the gold-favorite with an injured US-team following behind by 1.475-points.

The US Men’s basketball team beat China 101 to 70, while the female Team USA took home a win over the Chinese 108 to 63. Other men’s results include Croatia over Russia, Lithuania over Iran and Spain over Greece. Some women’s game results include a 5-point win for Russia over South Korea, Belarus over Latvia, Australia over Brazil and Spain over New Zealand.

Team Cuba swept Team America in women’s volleyball and next up for USA is Venezuela just before the 8-team elimination round.

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