It's one of the few endeavors in our modern world, where
connections and piles of money have nothing to do with
how far you can go... -- BEIJING -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 metres in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.
Bolt is the first man ever to break the world marks in both sprints at an Olympics. Not even Lewis or Jesse Owens managed that.
And apparently, he didn't even really turn on the jets...
The performance marked Bolt as one of the breakthrough stars of these Summer Games, coming on the heels of his victory in the 100 Saturday night.
He bettered his own world record in that race by winning in 9.69 seconds — despite slowing down over the final 20 metres to showboat.
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It's one of the few endeavors in our modern world, where connections and piles of money have nothing to do with how far you can go...