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links, ref, template

I added this reference, template, and gma links; also, the previous record of 9.74sec set by compatriot Asafa Powell at Rieti,Afp.google.com, Bolt strikes for 100m world record at New York meeting</ref> and "world's fastest man."gmanews.tv, Jamaican sprinter is now the world's fastest man--Florentino floro (talk) 07:38, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

9.69

Watching the olympics right now, he just broke out from the pack and ran 9.69. He actually started slacking off with like 20 meters. Dont have a link just yet, but Im sure someone will soon. 69.123.33.176 (talk) 03:41, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Water Bottle Seizure

Any truth to the rumour that the IOC seized his water bottle?? ANy info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.50.94 (talk) 19:41, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hacking Emergency

Someone has hacked into this article (obviously). An administrator needs to fix this. I have tried but am unable to fix the article. HELP!!!!!! JakeH07 (talk) 18:36, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Since this will be a popular article due to the subject's recent achievement and its link on the front page, there will be some vandalism. Accordingly, there will be a lot of registered users watching and removing the vandalism very quickly. Slow Graffiti (talk) 19:01, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You can consider me one of those watching users. Useless vandalism really frustrates me. Thanks for taking care of that one. JakeH07 (talk) 20:52, 16 August 2008 (UTC)JakeH07[reply]
Any talk of his slowing and celebrating before finishing must be considered racism and should be eliminated immediately. Cynic783 (talk) 21:34, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The celebrating before the finish is reported in reliable sources, including the New Zealanbd Herald article which quotes Bolt himself confirming it. Euryalus (talk) 00:33, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's not racism if he did celebrate.JakeH07 (talk) 04:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)JakeH07[reply]

What if?

It would be interesting to know what time he would have achieved if he had maintained his speed till the end of the course, instead of slowing down. Any estimates? --Phenylalanine (talk) 21:51, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

9.58 JakeH07 (talk) 04:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)JakeH07[reply]
Ato Bolden, retired 100m specialist, commentator for NBC Television, estimated that had Bolt gone all-out to the line, he would have had a time of 9.59 [1]
Donovan Bailey, Olympic 100m record holder before Bolt reset it, commentator for CBC Television, estimated that had Bolt gone all-out to the line, he would have had a time of 9.55 [2]
- those two sentences should be added to the article. 70.51.11.210 (talk) 05:23, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Haha, this is not exactly an appropriate place for such discussion. But for the record, all those estimates are far too low. While he did slow down a bit, it's not like he tried to stop running. Going through the line would have improved his time by 0.04 at best. However, had he also had a faster start, he could have also improved his time by an additional 0.05. Add tailwind, and that could have helped by another 0.08 maybe. Mipchunk (talk) 08:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you still think that "walking" a world record without doping is possible then you are an idiot. If he wouldn't slow down then his time would be under 9.5 sec. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.243.189 (talk) 08:50, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely doping. Look at the Ben Johnson case. Since when did human performance increase so much?

the 9.72 was already a WR, notify it!

. 81.184.71.111 (talk) 23:45, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Page preotection

Is there an issue here? BLP notice board or something else? I read above but if not, please unprotect, thank you. --70.181.45.138 (talk) 00:27, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Should it read boasted or coasted in the last section. I just got home and haven't seen the race yet. Is this the same guy that basically trotted the last 20 yards looking all around in the semi finals yesterday and blew everybody away? Thank you, --70.181.45.138 (talk) 00:30, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He boasted, he admitted it, its amazing he ran a 9.69, the fact of the matter is he held his hands out in celebration. JakeH07 (talk) 04:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)JakeH07[reply]

He wouldve shaved a bit more of the world record if he wasnt such a great big show-off :P 77.96.48.193 (talk) 11:01, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Curious

Watching the event (finally) on American TV just now, I noticed that the time was 9:68, according to the TV, although all the other sources say 9:69. Was this an error by NBC, or an error somewhere else? Nyttend (talk) 03:43, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The time was adjusted after the finish to 9.69, it happens a lot in this race. JakeH07 (talk) 04:00, 17 August 2008 (UTC)JakeH07[reply]

Maroon

The Maroons formerly lived in Trelawny; is Bolt of Maroon heritage? Badagnani (talk) 03:45, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite

I've overhauled the article as it may as well be a quality article given the amount of people reading it. I have written/rewritten all the info from early life to change to 100 metres. Can anyone expand the lead and rewrite the 100 metres section too? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 05:27, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nice job. Perhaps I'll work on it if I have time. One thing we should try to do is really control the amount of change that people will inevitably try to force onto this article. While some of these changes will be beneficial, in general, especially with articles about people like Usain Bolt, inexperienced editors may insert random embellishments and weasel words that decrease the overall quality of the article. Mipchunk (talk) 08:29, 17 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. ^ NBC Television, Olympics Evening, 16 Aug 2008
  2. ^ CBC Television, Olympic Morning, 16 Aug 2008
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