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Thunder Bolt
China Daily
Updated: 2008-08-19 10:16
Tom Fordyce, BBC sports journalist
You knew from the moment he stood by his blocks, seconds before the start of the most hyped 100m in history, and posed like a man messing about in a club with his mates.
It's the Olympic final. You're supposed to be shaking inside, aware that you're about to go through the 10 seconds that could define the rest of your life.
There are 90,000 people staring down at you from all sides of the stadium, billions more watching around the world on television.
Usain Bolt's performance on Saturday night was unbelievable, in the most flabbergasted, mouths-agape sense of the word.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/tom-fordyce/
(China Daily 08/19/2008 page27)