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Usain Bolt sprints to spread social distancing
Updated On: 15 April, 2020 07:39 AM IST | Washington | AFP
Usain Bolt's chest-thumping celebration in Beijing added to a legend that grew further when he won the 200m in another world-record time.
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Usain Bolt tweeted this picture yesterday of his 100m final win at the Beijing Games
Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he's still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the Beijing Olympics with the cheeky caption: "social distancing". Bolt's post, featuring a picture by AFP photographer Nicolas Asfouri of the 2008 Olympics 100m final, blew up on social media, drawing more than half a million likes and 90,000 retweets.
It showed the Jamaican crossing the finish line at the Bird's Nest stadium in a then-world record time of 9.69sec, glancing round from lane four as his despairing competitors trail two paces behind. "Savage", commented one Twitter user, while New York Times journalist Christopher Clarey posted another picture of Bolt out in front on his own, captioned "self isolation".
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