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Bolt: I'm Lightning Bolt
15 hr. ago, Kamal Kishore

“I told myself that if I am going to get the world record, it is going to be here because the track is really fast,” said Usain Bolt of Jamaica on Thursday.

Bolt eased to win the Olympic men’s 200m sprint and rewrote the world record in 19.30...

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