Well, well, well

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If I was Tyson Gay, I would be weeping just about now. Imagine a good two years now you're polishing your credentials as one of the major contenders to be 100m champion at this summer's Beijing Olympics. You win world championship and all, run bare sub-10s, have a little rivalry going on with the other major contender, Jamaica's Asafa Powell. Then Powell hurt his chest, looks iffy to recover in time and you must see the gold glinting.

And then bloody well Usain Bolt who doesn't even care for the 100m, who just uses it as practice for his long-time pet event, the 200m, who is only running in his FIFTH serious 100m event, who is not even sure if he will enter the national trials for it, just ups and breaks the world record, lowering it to 9.72.

Cool, cool so.

Meanwhile, you run your personal best and still end up looking paapsy and slow, running a good tenth of a second behind him.


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Man, not fuh real.

Yep, if I was Tyson Gay I would be bawling just about now. I would be vex, vex, vex that his Jamaican yute come and steal my thunder. And moreover, his surname is so much cooler and more headline-worthy. Where he come from at all?

Good thing I'm not Tyson Gay. Good thing I'm West Indian and moreover half-Jamaican cos this (ahem) 'bolt' from the blue has me giggling at the delightfulness of it all.

I have been following Bolt's career since he was a gangly 15 year old world youth champion over 8 years ago when I was a student in JA. So I've heard of him ages ago. And I knew he was a 200 man (I was disappointed at his showing in the Athens Olympics) and I remember him being a 400 man back in the day too. With his long, lean frame and long stride, he definitely seemed more suited to longer distances than the sprints. I was surprised enough when I heard he ran 9.76 the other day. Said I "but wait...when he start running 100m?"

And now this! A bonus world record when we were not even expecting it. In a race he is not even very enthused about, as the Jamaica Observer reports.

It just makes me want to throw my head back and laugh. Lovely! I now feeling the Olympic spirit!