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Bolt smashes 200 meters record to claim gold

Usain Bolt broke his own world record in the 200 meters as he completed the sprint double at the World Championships in Berlin in sensational style.

SI.com: Brian Cazeneuve: Lightning strikes twice for Bolt at worlds

BERLIN -- Usain Bolt spent the week telling everyone not to expect another world record in the 200 meters. Don't listen to the man. Not even he knows how fast he can run. Bolt beat another world record into submission on Thursday night, lowering his mark in the 200 meters from the dizzying 19.30 he ran at the Beijing Olympics to 19.19, a mark that sounds more like fantasy than logic.

Author: '60 Olympics brought Games into modern world

The subtitle of David Maraniss' new book, "Rome 1960" (Simon & Schuster), is "The Olympics That Changed the World."

Gevaert completes a golden double

Kim Gevaert completed a sprint double at the European championships by taking the 200 meters gold medal in style in Gothenburg on Friday.

Kluft set for gold as Barber quits

Carolina Kluft looked set for a comfortable heptathlon victory at the European athletics championships on Monday but the injury-withdrawal of arch-rival Eunice Barber ruined the show.

Liu Xiang Talkasia Transcript

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Hungarian great Csak dies aged 91

The first Hungarian woman to win Olympic gold, 1936 high jump champion Ibolya Csak, has died at the age of 91.

Kluft and Barber in titanic battle

Defending world champion Carolina Kluft, nursing an ankle injury, and France's Eunice Barber are locked in a titanic battle after the first day of the heptathlon.

Borzakovskiy snatches 800m victory

Russia's Yuriy Borzakovskiy snatched the Olympic men's 800 meters title, timing a late surge to the line to perfection.

CNNMoney: Going for the (ad) gold

Dozens of U.S. athletes won gold medals at the Olympics that wrapped up Sunday in Athens. But only a fraction of those winners are likely to strike advertising gold after the games.

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