Abrahamson: Bolt blazes into history

Sprinter's fast rise to world dominance cemented in 200m By Alan Abrahamson, NBCOlympics.com Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:20 AM ET BEIJING -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica etched his name into history Wednesday as one of the Olympic greats, indeed one of the greatest athletes of all time. Assuming he's clean. And while no evidence of any sort has surfaced to suggest he's not, it's naïve not to wonder how Bolt is able to run so fast. Because no one in the history of human beings, from the first primitive soul desperately trying to outrun a saber-toothed tiger to the sophisticated races of our times, has ever run as fast as Usain Bolt has run at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. "I am the best," Bolt declared late Wednesday night. "I proved it at the Olympics." In another breathtaking performance, Bolt won the 200m Wednesday... [read full story]