OMG. Usain Bolt.

[ColbertWatcher]

Wow.

I just watched him run his semi-final meet.

Wow.

[Bluebear]

1. And how appropriate is his last name?

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I cannot believe how fast this guy is.

And he doesn't even look like he's trying.

Seriously.

Wow.

Oh, yes, his name is appropriate.

But damn that kid is fast.

[dendrobium]

3. Jamaicans are so excited!

I can hardly sleep waiting for the finals of the 100m in a few hours! Look out for Asafa Powell too!

[ColbertWatcher]

4. I can see why. Usain Bolt is going to break some records.

That man is amazing.

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Meet me back here after the race! And welcome to DU! n/t

[Kahuna]

12. self deleted

[malaise]

14. Tyson Gay was clearly injured at the trials

Three Jamaicans, two Trinidadians and two other Caribbean athletes in the finals.

[Ex Lurker]

20. The Trinidadian silver medalist is an

LSU grad.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. Here's a video of him setting the world record in 100m...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4EDEkTYMNw

[Selatius]

7. The Bolt is a beast on the 100m. He had a commanding lead towards the end. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

8. I watched his qualifying run today, and I am in shock.

This kid blew the competition away.

He was so far ahead of everybody that somewhere in the middle he basically slowed down and still won running 9.92.

And the most amazing part is that he didn't look like he was exerting himself that much.

He looked like he was jogging, not sprinting.

I cannot wait to see the final.

[malaise]

13. Spoiler alert

9.85 and into the finals
Lightning strikes again. :D

edit subject.

[malaise]

17. Final coming up now

Come on Usain!!!

[ColbertWatcher]

19. Wow.

I cannot wait to see the video.

NBC has nothing up on their worthless website. YouTube has a slideshow from the AP and some moran's cellphone camera crap, but nothing good.

Fuckin' NBC.

[malaise]

10. He only recently started taking the 100m seriously

Wait until you see him run the 200m.
He's from the same parish as Merlene Ottey - Trelawny.

add.

[cureautismnow]

11. Wow. He absolutely blew TG away in that recent race.

It's amazing that a guy that tall (about 6'5") can run like the wind. :wow:

[malaise]

9. The semis are this morning - those were the quarters

Lightning Bolt as we call him has been an outstanding athlete since school days. He was really a 200m runner for most of his young life. He won the world juniors when we hosted the World Junior Games in 2003 and we were there for that wonderful event. He broke the world juniors 200m record in 2004 (19.93).

That was an unbelievable race yesterday - he was so easy and had time to look around. He could win the double in Beijing.

[ColbertWatcher]

18. You must be excited!

Usain Bolt is amazing, and I've only seen him run one time.

I am genuinely impressed.

[MiniMe]

15. Spoiler Alert

OMG, Tyson Gay didn't even make it to the finals.

[malaise]

16. He was injured running the 200m at the US trials

I always thought he would have problems because they down-played the injury but from the first heat, it was clear he was not race ready. A real pity because he is a genuinely nice human being. In a post race interview he didn't blame the injury.