Lightning fast Bolt thunders to new record

JAMAICA’S Usain Bolt ran a world record 9.72 seconds for the 100 metres in the Reebok Grand Prix meet at the Icahn Stadium in New York on Saturday night.

Bolt, 21, lowered the previous best held by compatriot Asafa Powell, who three times ran 9.74secs.

The 6ft 5ins runner was running only his fifth 100m race and was competing in the lane next to America’s 100m world champion Tyson Gay on a still night following thunder storms earlier in the evening.