Three fine young men stood on the Olympic podium in Beijing to receive their Olympic medals for the 100-meter sprint. Two of those men come from the Caribbean and carried the torch just like some of their predecessors who previously competed at the Olympic Games.
The gold medalist, Usain Bolt ran at record breaking speed eclipsing a record set by Canadian Donovan Bailey who ran in the 1996 Games. The young Jamaican ran the distance in 9.69 seconds while Bailey’s time at the Atlanta Games was 9.89 seconds.
Richard Thompson from Trinidad and Tobago came in second and Walter Dix from the US placed a close third.
Usain Bolt is so fast that you may wonder if he were on caribbean vacation Singles cruise. Bolt cruised to victory, easing up his stride mere meters from the finish line, preferring to raise his arms in the air to declare victory despite knowing that he could set a new record.
Why are these sprinters from the Caribbean so fast that nobody can catch them. Well, it seems like natural talent with a good whiff of coaching. If you got talent and can go the distance, a good coach will always make you shine.
Of course, the American sprinters also have this ability to win short races and have a herd of coaches available to them from their early years to college. But it could be the makeup of the bones in these athletes. The 100-meter sprint needs a good start, flexible bones, and muscles. Coming out of the box quickly is ninety percent of the sprint game. If for some reason you falter, you can lose some critical seconds and will have to play catch up with the rest of the field. Some athletes can overcome a slow start but with such competitive feet at an Olympic event, the one out of the box first normally has the best chance of winning.
Nonetheless, congratulations to Usain Bolt, Richard Thompson, and Walter Dix on your victory in such a symbolic race.
