Sport: June 2008 Archives
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"HE'S GOING TO RUN 9.6, THERE'S NO QUESTION. HE'S 21; HE'S GOING TO GET STRONGER; HE'LL GET BETTER WITH COMPETITION; HE'LL LEARN THE EVENT. HE'S A PHENOMENAL TALENT." ATO BOLDON
In my mind, the Men’s 100 Metre Sprint is without doubt the purest form of sport. What else could be more decisive, more dramatic, more precise than a straight line race to decide who is the fastest person on the planet? I grew up watching the dark scandal of Ben Johnson in Seoul, the brutal fluidity of Carl Lewis in Tokyo, the outright ecstasy of Linford Christie in Barcelona. On saturday night in New York, a record-shattering, groundbreaking new king of speed was crowned.
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