Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke Michael Johnson’s 12 year old world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night in Beijing, 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.
There has been a lot of talk about Bolt not showing proper respect to his fellow Olympians when he won the 100M, and there’s some validity to that argument. However, when you kick down those two records in a single Olympics…to potentially be called the fastest man EVER…you should be allowed your little peccadilloes.
Perhaps if Bolt celebrated by sparking a giant Jamaican spliff 50 yards before the finish…that might cross the ‘good sportsmanship’ line…but probably not even then.
