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By now I am sure that most of you have heard about Usain Bolt’s ridiculously fast 100 meter dash time, but in case of you had not heard, it was a 9.58. That is 0.11 seconds faster than the mark he set last year at the Beijing Olympics. That much of an improvement on a 100 meter dash race has never happened before. However, no one knows just how fast his time would have been at last year’s Beijing Olympics if he had not started celebrating his victory at least ten meters from the finish line. Do you remember that sight? I know I was a little bit appalled by the fact that he would think to start looking around and waving his hands before the finish line, but he did and still won with an amazing time. He then proceed to do his classic bow and arrow pose and run around– as he did at this weekend’s World Championships as well. At least he almost completely finished the race this time. He does make a quick look to the side before the finish line, but the manner in which he approached this race was much different than last year’s.

He also had an amazing block start this weekend. Last year some say that he kind of skidded out of his blocks, but he definitely burst out of them this week. He pretty much had a sizable lead 20 meters into the race. His only true opponent was the American Tyson Gay, but  he finished a stride or two behind with a 9.71 second time. Though he did break the previously set American record, the uproar of Bolt’s time completely stomped over Gay’s success.

He is only 22 years old, so perhaps that describes his actions. Some say that he is very unsportsmanship-like with his actions. This, of course, is something that you have to decide for yourself. A funny thing to note is the fact that while his race took 9.58 seconds, the rest of his victory lap took about 20 minutes. I sure am curious to see how this World Champion will fare in the sport of track.