Tout dans la vie est une question d'équilibre d'où la nécessité de garder un esprit sain dans un corps sain.

Discipline-Volonté-Persévérance

Everything in life is a matter of balance therefore one needs to keep a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Discipline-Will-Perseverance.

E. do REGO

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets a new world record competing in his men's 200m final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 08




Usain Bolt of Jamaica sets a new world record competing in his men's 200m final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 20, 2008.

Photo of Usain Bolt
  • Birthdate: August 21, 1986
  • Weight: 190 lbs (86 kg)
  • Height: 6’5” (1.96 m)
  • Age: 22 years
  • Gender: Male

  • Born July 21, 1986.
  • Will come into his first Olympic appearance as the favorite in the 100 meters after stunningly breaking Asafa Powell's world record May 31, running a 9.72 to best Powell's 9.74 mark.
  • Has received two International Association of Athletics Federations rising star awards.
  • Ran the 200m dash in 19.75 seconds at the 2007 Jamaican Championships, breaking the 36-year-old national record held by 1970s and 80s Olympic star Dan Quarrie.
  • Took silver at the 2007 World Championships in Japan, running the 200 in 19.91 seconds to finish behind the United States' Tyson Gay (19.76).
  • In 2004, broke former U.S. star Lorenzo Daniel's world junior 200m record, finishing in 19.93 seconds to become the first junior to break the 20-second mark.
  • At 15 years old, won a gold medal (200m) and two silvers (4x100- and 4x400m relays) at the 2002 World Junior Championships.


08/20Men's 200m FinalGold19.30 (1st)
08/19Men's 200m Semifinal20.09 (1st - Qualified)
08/19Men's 200m Semifinal - Heat 220.09 (1st - Qualified)
08/18Men's 200m Round 220.29 (5th - Qualified)
08/18Men's 200m Round 2 - Heat 120.29 (1st - Qualified)
08/17Men's 200m Round 120.64 (17th - Qualified)
08/17Men's 200m Round 1 - Heat 520.64 (2nd - Qualified)
08/16Men's 100m FinalGold9.69 (1st)
08/16Men's 100m Semifinal9.85 (1st - Qualified)
08/16Men's 100m Semifinal - Heat 19.85 (1st - Qualified)
08/15Men's 100m Round 29.92 (1st - Qualified)
08/15Men's 100m Round 2 - Heat 49.92 (1st - Qualified)
08/14Men's 100m Round 110.20 (5th - Qualified)
08/14Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 110.20 (1st - Qualified)










































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