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World - Tim Layden: Bolt cements greatness, sets world record in 200 with 19.30 (Sports Illustrated)

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  • Tim Layden: Bolt cements greatness, sets world record in 200 with 19.30 (Sports Illustrated)

    Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:51:23 GMT

    BEIJING -- There will always be another. This is the eternal lesson of track and field. On a sweltering August night 12 years ago, Michael Johnson lashed the 200-meter world record to his back and seemed to drag it deep into the future. He ran 19.32 seconds, so fast that young men accepted that they would not see the record broken again in their lifetimes.
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