Maurice Greene , the Olympic 100m champion at the 2000 Olympic games held in Sydney , Australia. Greene was also a world record holder in the event. He has the most sub 10 second races ran in the event in history. picture appears courtesy of afp/ alt="Carl Lewis whose exploits at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles placed him amongst a select few men that've achieved the 'sprint double' of the 100m & 200m in the same Olympic games. Lewis joins Jesse Owens and the most recent recipient Usain Bolt to have achieved that feat . What Lewis also achieved in '84 was to equal the feat of Owens in winning the 100m, 200m , men's long jump and then as a team member the 4x100m team relay. picture appears courtesy of afp/reuters/ Allan Snowe ..........................." title="Carl Lewis ....." class="size-full wp-image-1573" width="350" height="410" />
he world that the US is back.
Carl Lewis whose exploits at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles
Carl Lewis whose exploits at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles placed him amongst a select few men that've achieved the 'sprint double' of the 100m & 200m in the same Olympic games. Lewis joins Jesse Owens and the most recent recipient Usain Bolt to have achieved that feat . What Lewis also achieved in '84 was to equal the feat of Owens in winning the 100m, 200m , men's long jump and then as a team member the 4x100m team relay. picture appears courtesy of afp/reuters/ Allan Snowe .
Bolt wins the men's 200m finals at the Beijing Olympics defeating Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix. Bolt recorded a time of 19.30 smashing the former world and Olympic record of Michael Johnson
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