Just minutes after i wrote a desperate article to keep the blogging spirit running, i have one for which i dont have words to express. But im going to try this somehow :)
196cm / 6'5" tall, weighs 86 kg. A human. An athlete, a runner. The youngest world junior gold medalist till date. The first junior to break the 20-second mark in 19.93 seconds. The boy who ran 9.72 (+1.7 m/s), establishing a new world record in the 100 m at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, breaking the 9.74-second record of Powell.
Usain Bolt, the new world champion in the 100 metres event, setting a record at 9.68 s.
But the whole world knew that he was capable of atleast 9.6 or 9.55 or even less. That was not required at all. He was racing with Asafa powell, the previous world record holder. But not anymore. Usain, aged just 21, shattered everyone with his record breaking performance. I have seen tennis matches being one-sided. I have seen cricket matches being one-sided. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M WITNESSING A 100 m DASH LOOKING SO HOPELESSLY ONE-SIDED !!!!!!!
The other athletes were merely competing for the second and the third slots. Asafa seemed so disheartened at even running alongisde Usain. Both jamaicans.
Whats special with Usain. Look at his dash first. The first half of the race, he is so normal. The second half, he dashes ahead leaving everyone else so so far behind that he looks like some weird machine-man, who is accelerating himself continuously. But once he is 20 metres or so before the finishing rope, he starts celebrating. He's fit to race with the gods, a poet would say for sure. He starts celebrating and does'nt look straight. He starts dilly-dallying, looks sideways, beats his chest. Once you become a fan after seeing that single race, someone like me, you curse him for not making it even faster. For not giving his best, i can say. But thats not all about it. He is making it look so easy giving himself a majestic feel. Its like him saying, give me powerful opponents, give me stronger runners, for me to run. Dont make me run alongwith kids !! Dont make me jog towards the end :(
Jogging Usain is all i can think of for a title for this post.
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