“run of the mill black guy clowning.”
Run of the mill?
Well, ignorance is bliss I suppose.
A run of the mill athlete that’s run 9.58, the highest breaking margin in the 100mts since the start of digital time - and 19.19 for the 200, when Michael Johnson’s 19.32 was considered so incredible, it’d last for 50 years or so.
This is what one of our sports correspondents wrote about him after the Berlin championships.
“He completed the 100 metres in an almost inhuman 9.58 seconds. As for the 200 metres, his time of 19.19 seconds was so extraordinary, so jaw-dropping, it left the Olympic stadium momentarily stunned into silence.
The 86,000 people lucky enough to be in attendance knew that they were watching not just a superb piece of running by a man touching speeds never before achieved without mechanical assistance. They were witnessing a redefinition of our idea of human physiology.
It is not merely that no one has ever run this quickly before. It is not solely that no one has ever come close to touching Bolt's speed of 28mph, a pace quick enough to keep a step ahead of a cheetah in full flow.
It was the manner of his performance that generated such awestruck silence, the way that as he eased round the track, he gave every impression that he was keeping something back for next time.
Even as they watched him go faster than anyone has before, everyone there knew it is only a matter of time before he goes even faster.
The thing about sprinting is that it is the most pure sporting pursuit ever invented. It is all about executing that most fundamental of human dynamics: running as fast as you can.
There is no ball, no net, no hoop. There is no tackling, no time-wasting, no scrum, ruck or maul. It is simply a matter of getting from point A to point B quicker than anyone else. And there is nothing purer than that.”