On Saturday May 3, 2008 in front of thousands of Jamaican fans at the Jamaica Invitational meet, 21 year old Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt crossed the line in the 100m dash in a world leading and personal best of 9.76 seconds (1.8w) just two hundreths of a second outside of the 100m world record held by countryman Asafa Powell. This was Bolt's second time competing in the event this season and has now propelled himself to the number one spot in the event for this year. Bolt's time is the second fastest wind legal time in the event to date. American, Darvis 'Doc' Patton and Antiguan Daniel Bailey rounded out the top three finishers.
Finals 1 Bolt, Usain Jamaica 9.76 1.8 2 Patton, Darvis Usa 10.08 1.8 3 Bailey, Daniel Antigua 10.12 1.8 4 Rodgers, Mike Usa 10.12 1.8 5 Spearman, Wallace Usa 10.13 1.8 6 Collins, Kim St. Kitts 10.19 1.8 7 Brown, Xavier Athletico Union 10.52 1.8 -- Jones, Garry Usa FS 1.8
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