Usain Bolt false starts in Daegu, unable to defend 100M World Champs title
www.thehindu.com - Sunday, August 28th, 2011 at 9:38 AM
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, fourth from bottom, false starts from the Men's 100m final at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu on Sunday. Bolt was disqualified and Jamaican Yohan Blake won the gold.
Usain Bolt again did the unbelievable when it mattered most in the 100Â meters.
This time, no gold medal or world record, but a false start and straight elimination from the world championships in a race he has dominated since 2008.
However, Jamaican Yohan Blake grabbed the chance of a lifetime when he stormed to the 100 metres world title on Sunday after fellow-Jamaican  Bolt’s disqualification.
Blake, 21, won his first major title in 9.92 seconds from Walter Dix of the United States (10.08) and the 2003 champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis (10.09).
Bolt is the world record holder and three-times champion from the 2008 and 2009 Olympics, and the all-out favourite to win gold on Sunday en route to another treble.
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Mr. Bolt is a professional. He has already recovered, and shall continue to dominate. I may not like his antics, but I shall cheer for him and defend him until he retires. Imagine, Jamaica’s #3 sprinter STILL win the title of “World’s Fastest Man.” WOW!
Most of us cheer whenever ANY West Indian does well. Also, the winning country shares their victory with the Caribbean. This has included, as many of you may recall, St Kitts, BVI, Jamaica, Barbados, T&T and now, Grenada. It is us against the world, not each other.
I am glad the small number of negative, asinine and hateful comments posted here do not reflect the overall feelings of us all. Proud am I to be a Virgin Islander & a West Indian.
topdestiny if we are dead y are u hear go to a country that have life so the people of the bvi can come back alive ayo squeezing us and our children needs to gain their rightful employment in their country
why so much hater in this world,why cant we live as one? We are one Caribbean nation.God create us all.
and this election we will ask the government to pass the bill to send ayo packing to make room for our people every fig needss to find it’s tree so find yours dj i am already in mind and has not oneday step foot in yours begging bread lol duppy jamaican
to dj we place first that is why u here and can’t go back there in jamaica so i will take first place thank u our economy is popping so we in first place thank god for tortola the breadwinner but little by little u will be on your banana boat back jamaica
TO ALL THE HATERS WEHTHER WE WIN OR LOOSE WE ARE STILL THE CHAMPION AND YOU ALL CRITIZING BOLT GUEST HE DONT CARE A DAM ABOUT YOU HE CARES ABOUT IS FANS AND THE JAMAICAN PEOPLE .IF YOUR COUNTRY CANNOT RUN ITS NOT OUR FAULT .LEAVE OUR SUPER STAR AND NATIONAL HERO.GO GGET A LIFE BECAUSE YOU A SET OF DEAD PEOPLE.
to Slew – idiot, JAMAICA STILL WON. So we can still boast, what did your country place? lol.
I had watched that event and I was already vexed seeing how he displayed a lot of boastfulness. I told myself “don’t be too confident now,Bolt”. And then it happened.
I like Usain but lord he likes to show off to much!! Before the race he was focusing on dusting of her shoulders to the right and left signifying that those place there would not win then you see what happened!
Humility is always the key to continued success.
this was a sellout so the other jamaican could shine…bolt needs investigating
tham jamaican like to show off too much notice all the queen shows the jamaicans always sayin they are the fastest and acting out a runner let them act that now
I smell a big hatter!!! Dont Hate Appreciate!!!
DONT WORRY BOLT THATS JUST A PART OF LIFE AND GUEST WHAT YOU STILL ALIVE AND WELL YOU ARE NOT DEAD SO MORE WILL STILL COME AND JAMAICA STILL GOT THE GOLD. HURRAY FOR JAMAICA. WELL DONE YOHAN BLAKE. CONGRATS. AND BIG UP ALL JAMAICANS. JAH BLESS.
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