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Usain Bolt sets a second consecutive sprint world record
When this issue of the newspaper is published, two-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt from Jamaica will be 22 years old. He gave himself the best gift by yesterday setting a phenomenal world record in the 200 meters - 19.30, improving the previous achievement of the American Michael Johnson by two hundredths of a second. This is the second highest achievement of a Jamaican at this Olympics. On August 16th he became the world record holder in the 100m.Twelve years ago, the author of these lines was lucky enough to attend the Olympic competitions in Atlanta, during which American Michael Johnson set a world record in the 200 meters, completing it in 19.32. But that run, I will take the liberty of saying, was much less spectacular than the one Bolt demonstrated last Wednesday. It was something out of science fiction. The Jamaican effortlessly dealt with his formidable opponents, leaving his closest pursuers at the finish line by almost five (!) meters. His running speed was even higher than during the victorious 100-meter final. It is clear that these incredible seconds are far from the limit for Usain. The ritual dance that he performed immediately after the finish looked like a warning to his rivals - expect new shocks from me in the near future.
Second-place finisher Sean Crawford of the United States clocked 19.96. Here, however, it must be said that the American actually ran to the finish line third, after Churandi Martina from the Dutch Antilles (19.82). But the Americans saw a violation of the rules on the part of Churandi and filed a protest. The video confirmed that on the bend the islander had indeed stepped onto the inside track. Now the times have come: at a distance where the Americans once reigned supreme, they now receive medals only by begging for them through protests.
By the way, the second protest filed yesterday by the US delegation was not satisfied
The reason for the dissatisfaction of the Americans was that the qualifying competition in the men's pole vault began, due to technical reasons, with a 20-minute delay, which, in their opinion, was the reason for the frankly weak jumps of 2007 world champion Brad Walker. He failed to fulfill the qualification standard.
But all three of our jumpers coped with it and will be represented in the final as a whole.
However, in general, yesterday was not our day, although in the old days we could undoubtedly count not only on gold in the women's hammer throw, but even on the entire set of awards in this discipline.