Usain Bolt wins the Olympic 100m title with a world record of 9.69 (© Getty Images)
Beijing, ChinaUsain Bolt obliterated the Olympic field and his existing World record of 9.72 sec in the final of the 100m tonight in the Bird’s Nest stadium in a 9.69* display of such audacious confidence that 91,000 people stood stunned for many minutes after witnessing THE greatest sporting spectacle of these Games so far.
The wind was 0.0m/s.
IAAF
* pending the usual ratification procedures
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