Bolt sets WR, wins gold in 100 meters
Jamaican Usain Bolt left the field in his wake as he smashed his own world record in the 100 meters, taking gold in 9.69 seconds.
Bolt sets world record, wins Olympic 100 gold
Usain Bolt rewrote the record books again and captured his first Olympic medal Saturday, running the 100-meter dash in a stunning 9.69 seconds for a blowout win that could have been even worse. It was no contest as the 21-year-old Jamaican took a huge lead halfway through the race, then held his arms out wide, turned his palms up, pounded his chest and started celebrating a good 10 strides before he reached the finish line. He broke his own record, set in May in New York, by .