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Usain Bolt (R) of Jamaica jubilates
after the men's 200m final at the National Stadium, also known as the
Bird's Nest, during Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 20,
2008. Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the title with 19.30 seconds and set a new
world record. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei) Photo
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BEIJING,
Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica eased to win the Olympic men's 200m
sprint and rewrote the world record in 19.30 seconds, even into a headwind of
0.9m/s here on Wednesday night.
The 21-year-old Jamaican has become the most shinning
star of the "Bird's Nest", who won the men's 100m dash four days ago, with the
new world record of 9.69 seconds.
In tonight's 200m race, a dramatic story were written
by Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles, who finished second, and Wallace
Spearmon of the United States, who got the third. They were both disqualified
for encroaching on neighboring lines.
Spearmon was disqualified just after the sprint for
encroaching on other line. However, he attributed his foul to Martina, saying
that Martina stepped into his line first. After an investigation, both were
disqualified.
Then the original fourth finisher American Shawn
Crawford, who won the 200m gold medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, became the
silverist in 19.96 seconds and his teammate Walter Dix was subsequently offered
the bronze in 19.98.
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after
the men's 200m final at the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's
Nest, during Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 20, 2008.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the title with 19.30 seconds and set a new world
record. (Xinhua/Jiao Weiping) Photo
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