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Old 08-18-2009
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Usain Bolt = Undeliable Beast

"Un-fucking-believable" - my exact words while watching the Berlin World Championships Men's 100m Final on sunday evening.

YouTube - Usain Bolt 9.58 World Record (Full) [HD]

Truly stunning. Tyson Gay ran the third fastest time ever and still was a good two metres behind Bolt who is only 22!!! There is still so much to come from him.
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Old 08-21-2009
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Re: Usain Bolt = Undeliable Beast

Incredable sprinter. Broke the 200 yesterday as well by a good tenth or two. Supurb!

Is he the greatest ever?
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Re: Usain Bolt = Undeliable Beast

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Is he the greatest ever?
There's a lot of dispute about who is the greatest in other sports...and the argument can often not be settled.

In the case of a 100M or 200M dash, it's a much more straightforward measure. He who holds the fastest time, is the greatest ever (assuming they followed drug rules - not making any accusations, just acknowledging that it would be hard to crown Ben Johnson the greatest after the news that he did steroids, even if held the record at the time.).
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Old 08-21-2009
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Re: Usain Bolt = Undeliable Beast

Bolt is amazing.
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Re: Usain Bolt = Undeliable Beast

Watch it from field level - it is violent. Very cool.
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Re: Usain Bolt = Undeliable Beast

Scary that this guy is so young and smashing world records. Very tall with a long and fast stride. It's very likely that he's only going to get better, too. Makes it look easy.
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He may be a terrific athlete, but ti's so hard to not have doubt about him given that the rate of sprinters on drugs is somewhere ridiculously high.
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