Bolt set for WR #2 in Berlin after 100m blast

Usain Bolt took 0.11 seconds off his world record of 9.69, on his way to becoming the first Jamaican man to win the World Championship 100 metres title at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin yesterday.

In control at the 30-metre mark he blitzed the field to win by 0.13secs in 9.58secs (wind +0.9 m/s).


"For me it was all about just winning and I went out there and executed well and I got the right time, so I'm happy with myself,"


"I would definitely say I gave it most of what I had because Tyson Gay was right there, so I had to push. I'm not in the best of shape, but I'm in great shape,"

American Tyson Gay finished second in 9.71secs - the second fastest time of all time and Jamaica's Asafa Powell took bronze with a season best 9.84secs.

Gay was quoted as saying:

"I've been telling you someone could run 9.5. I'm happy he did it. It showed humans can take it to another level," said Gay,



"Well, I'm not sure if he's human; maybe he's from space," said Powell. "But it shows that it is possible, and a lot more guys are going to work hard to run 9.5s because Bolt has taken the sport to another level."

as for the 200m and another record Bolt said :

"Definitely, you can always expect great things from me because I always go out there and do my best all the time, so you can definitely expect great things in the 200m."

Powell dominates Shanghai China as Gay fades

Wallace Spearmon beat Tyson Gay in the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix this Friday.

World 100m and 200m champion Gay blasted out of the blocks but at 80m his US teammate Spearmon went ahead beat him to the line in 9.96 seconds.

Gay clocked 10.02 with Jamaica's Michael Frater third.

"I'm very excited about this performance. Last year I ran a personal best here and this year I've done the same," said the winner ...

Gay admitted he had been resting since the world championships in Osaka and there was never a true race in him really; let alone one against dominant Asafa Powell.

"Wallace Spearmon ran a great race. I was just a little bit rusty," accoring to Gay.

"I haven't done a lot of training, I've been resting and relaxing." Trips to London for his sponsors Adidas and the pressure of the World crown sees the Osaka win appear more and more like a gift from a mistake by Powell than a true triumph for Gay. He closes out the season World champion but not world #1.

That goes to Asafa Powell set a new 100m world record of 9.74sec in Italy earlier this month.

Powell in a surprise twist claimed he was "not allowed" to face Gay at Shanghai in a rematch of their world championship final : www.100m.com and www.200m.com doubted the two would race after Osaka and its looking like things will run out at that now.

Powell pulled out the stops to wow the Chinese crowd and stormed the 200m in 20 seconds close to his personal best. America's Rodney Martin was second Jamaica's Christopher Williams third.