USAIN BOLT 9.58 (H/C)

EIGHT DAYS ...THREE GOLD MEDALS ...THREE WORLD RECORDS ...ONE AMAZING REPUTATION FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. USAIN BOLT'S LIFE - AND THE WORLD OF SPORT - WOULD NEVER BE QUITE THE SAME AGAIN. 16 AUGUST 2008 ...BEIJING, CHINA ...THE BIRD'S NEST STADIUM ...91,000 SPECTATORS AND AN UNIMAGINABLY HUGE GLOBAL TELEVISION AUDIENCE ...THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S 100 METRES AT THE GAMES OF THE XXIX OLYMPIAD. THE CRACK OF THE STARTER'S PISTOL TRIGGERS THOUSANDS OF CAMERA FLASH BULBS ...AND PRECISELY 9.69 SECONDS LATER A YOUNG JAMAICAN STREAKS ACROSS THE FINISHING LINE TO CLAIM THE GOLD MEDAL AND HIS DESTINY. FOUR DAYS LATER BOLT CLAIMS THE 200 METRES GOLD, SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD OF 19.30 INTO THE BARGAIN, THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS 22ND BIRTHDAY. THEN ON 22ND AUGUST HE LEADS THE JAMAICAN TEAM TO MORE GLORY IN THE 4 X 100 METRES RELAY FINAL, IN YET ANOTHER WORLD RECORD TIME. SINCE THOSE HEADY DAYS OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS IN AUGUST 2008, USAIN BOLT HAS LOWERED BOTH THE 100 METRES AND 200 METRES WORLD RECORDS ONCE