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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