✅ 3 Gold Medals ✅ World Records broken Relive all of Usain Bolt Beijing races below and read about his preparation for the 2008 games here: https://oly.ch/3jF3RTI | Olympics

Usain Bolt ran identical 10m splits from 70-90m in his 9.69 vs 9.58 races, despite celebrating early at the 70m mark. This is a great demonstration of the how influential relaxation is on top speed. Bolt was hardly thinking about sprinting fast over those 20m, yet still managed to run identical splits. The best athletes in the world are not only the some of the fastest “contractors’ but also the fastest relaxers (according to Matveyev elite athletes can relax about 800% faster than the average p

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt secured his first 200-meter gold medal by sprinting to a then-world record time of 19.30 seconds. This dominant performance solidified his legendary status as he became the first athlete to break both the 100m and 200m world records at a single Olympic Games. Credit: International Olympic Committee (IOC), NBC Sports | History In Pictures