After strolling the last 30 meters at the Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt finally gave the world audience what they anticipated for a long time: Usain Bolt running all the way through the finish. In the hyped final featuring the three fastest 100m sprinters(Bolt, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell) the world has ever seen, Usain Bolt decimated his fellow competitors from the very beginning. The 6'5" behemoth, who once specialized in the 200m and the 400m, got off the block cleanly and stayed ahead of everyone. Gay and Powell allowed Bolt to take the lead, which was the biggest mistake of the race for the silver and bronze medalists. Taller people take longer time to accelerate, but in Bolt's case, his start off the block propelled him to securing his victory.Gay stayed with him over the first 30 meters of the race but once Bolt unfurled that huge stride of his, there was no contest.
Bolt glanced quickly to his right at 90 meters to check on Gay, then left, at the scoreboard, as he crossed the line and then pounded his chest when he saw the record time flash up.
There is no shame in coming in second, Tyson. There was just a faster, more talented sprinter in the field.
"Defending champion Tyson Gay had actually said prior to the race that if he was with Bolt at 30 meters, “you got a race”. It was both wishful thinking, and in its way, an admission of defeat. Bolt just blasted out of his blocks and was gone. The lead built with every stride, and so, commensurately did Gay’s advantage over Powell. The American ran 9.71sec, for a national record, and Powell finished with a season’s best 9.84sec."
Fellow American Darvis Patton finished in a disappointing 8th place with 10.34 seconds.
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