Usain Bolt smashes 200 metres world record to win gold

The Italy News.Net
Wednesday 20th August, 2008

Usain Bolt of Jamaica has smashed the world record in the 200 metres final on Wednesday, to take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Bolt, who is about to turn 22, left his competitors in his wake as he blitzed the field to finish in just 19.30 seconds.

Bolt has now won the coveted 100 metres and 200 metres gold medals at the Olympic Games, as well as holding the title of fastest man in the world.

'It is a dream that comes true,' Bolt said after the race. 'I have been aspiring for the world record for so long.'

Many Jamaicans in the crowd burst into tears as news came that the world record had been broken.

Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles won the silver, and Wallace Spearmon of the United States the bronze.

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