21 year-old sprinter Usain Bolt won Jamaica’s
first ever Olympic Gold medal as well as
breaking the World Record in the 100 meters:

Bolt won the 100 meters in a time, 9.69 sec,
that broke his 11-week-old world record of 9.72
and could have been much faster had he not
turned the end of the race into Carnival.

His rivals still couldn’t catch up.
Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago
ran a personal-best 9.89 and was farther
from first than any Olympic silver medalist
since 1984. Walter Dix of the United States
was third in a personal-best 9.91,
and Churandy Martina was fourth in
a Netherlands Antilles -record 9.93.

Go Jamaica Go...