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Bolt's unexpected success adds new drama to men's 100-meter race

By Luke Cyphers
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, August 14, 2008

BEIJING -- His nickname is "Lightning," but "Thunder" might be more suitable for Usain Bolt. At 6-foot-5-inches, 195 pounds, the 21-year-old Bolt is a giant by sprinting standards, and as he readies for the 100 meters here, his footfalls this year have shaken the track world. Not only has Bolt rewritten the 100-meter world record, with a 9.72-second sprint in New York in May, "He's changed the thinking in the sport," says four-time Olympic sprint medalist and NBC analyst Ato Boldon. Until Bo ...

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