Bolt Declines The 9.69
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Olympic officials in Beijing are in a quandary, after record-shattering Olympic 100m champion Jamaican Usain Bolt informed them that he will not accept the gold medal for the event, as he is unhappy with the world record time as it currently stands.
Bolt is claiming that the world record ought to be 9.68 (which is what the clock showed immediately after the race was complete), but this was later adjusted to 9.69.
Said Bolt, "Boss, me is a Juh-May-Kan, and Jamaican nuh inna de 69 bizniss, suh meh we tek eidda de 9.68 or unno could mek de record stay at 9.72."
Bolt is insistent that he will not attend the 100m Olympic medal ceremony if action is not taken immediately to correct this grave error.
Bolt is also reported to have told his team mates, "Dem mussi mad if dem tink me we go back a yawd wid 9.69; bad man nuh deal wid nuh 69 business; fuss dem put me to run wid man name Gay, and now dem want tarnish badman image by branding me wid 69, me nuh inna dat!"
- From an email forward
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Former 200m world record holder Michael Johnson, commentating for the BBC on Thursday, August 20, 2009: said that Usain Bolt will not break his 200 metres world record later on that day (in the 200M World Championships final) because he's been exerting himself a lot and showing signs of fatigue.
Bolt smashed 0.11 seconds of his own record in the race later that day!