Taking centre stage: Usain Bolt (left) set a stunning new world record in Berlin by running 9.58sec in the 100m, while Jessica Ennis won gold in the heptathlon Photo: GETTY IMAGES
In Beijing, we gloried. On Sunday night, for just a moment, the stadium's near capacity crowd was rendered speechless. As he crossed the line and the yellow numbers 9.58 flashed up at the side of the track, people looked to the person nearest to them for confirmation that what they had just witnessed was a figment of their imagination.
Usain Bolt and Jessica Ennis
There are no more superlatives nor thesaurian options left to describe the genius that is Usain Bolt.
Taking centre stage: Usain Bolt (left) set a stunning new world record in Berlin by running 9.58sec in the 100m, while Jessica Ennis won gold in the heptathlon Photo: GETTY IMAGES
In Beijing, we gloried. On Sunday night, for just a moment, the stadium's near capacity crowd was rendered speechless. As he crossed the line and the yellow numbers 9.58 flashed up at the side of the track, people looked to the person nearest to them for confirmation that what they had just witnessed was a figment of their imagination.
Taking centre stage: Usain Bolt (left) set a stunning new world record in Berlin by running 9.58sec in the 100m, while Jessica Ennis won gold in the heptathlon Photo: GETTY IMAGES
In Beijing, we gloried. On Sunday night, for just a moment, the stadium's near capacity crowd was rendered speechless. As he crossed the line and the yellow numbers 9.58 flashed up at the side of the track, people looked to the person nearest to them for confirmation that what they had just witnessed was a figment of their imagination.
