Usain Bolt Equalled World Record of 8 Golds at World Championships 2013 The 26-year-old Usain Bolt added 4x100m gold to his 100m and 200m triumphs which make him the most successful athlete in the history of the World Championships. He now has a total of eight golds and two silvers. Americans Carl Lewis and Allyson Felix also have 10 medals each - eight golds, one silver and one bronze. The 100m and 200m world record holder also secured a sprint triple in World Championships for the second time, matching the trebles he completed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He created history on 18 August 2013 at Moscow, Russia. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is generally called as the fastest man on Earth. He holds the world record in the 100m and 200m with record times of 9.58 seconds and 19.19seconds respectively at the World Championships in Berlin 2009. The way he is going it will be just a matter of time before the worlds fastest man claims all the records in athletics. Usain Bolts golden collection 100m: 2008, 2012 Olympics; 2009, 2013 World Championships 200m: 2008, 2012 Olympics; 2009, 2011, 2013 World Championships 4x100m: 2008, 2012 Olympics; 2009, 2011, 2013 World Championships
Posted on: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 06:36:31 +0000
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