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Article: Bolt for four gold medals
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- The Weekly Gleaner
- Article date:
- July 17, 2008
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USAIN BOLT, world record holder for 100 metres , male, should attempt four gold medals at the August Beijing Olympic Games. The cat and mouse game being played by BoltOs coach, Glen Mills, is good marketing. It creates uncertainty and excitement around Bolt. However, it is time to change the marketing strategy and encourage him to go for four gold medals.
The 200m world record held by Michael Johnson cannot be broken this year. The record is 19.32 sees which means that Michael Johnson ran two 100m races back to back and both were 100m world records. The world record held by Bolt stands at 9.72 sees so that even if Bolt was to run equally fast for the next 100m the time would be 19.44 sees. ...