An indicating of greater things to come, last month Usain Bolt ran the second fastest 100m timing of 9.76 seconds at the Jamaica Invitational meeting in Kingston

And now, it was not surprising when Usain Bolt known as Lightning Bolt broke Asafa’s Powell 100m 9.74 seconds record with a new mark of 9.72 seconds at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting, Reebok Grand Prix in New York yesterday

He blitz through a class field of sprinters including World Champ Tyson Gay who finished in 9.85 seconds himself.

It was a legal run with a 1.7 m/s tailwind

Results

1 Usain Bolt [JAM] JAM 9.72
2 Tyson Gay [USA] USA 9.85
3 Darvis Patton [USA] USA 10.07
4 Aaron Armstrong [TRI] TRI 10.10
5 Michael Rodgers [USA] USA 10.11
6 Rodney Martin [USA] USA 10.12
6 Daniel Bailey [ANT] ANT 10.12
8 Ashhad Agyapong [USA] USA 10.13
8 Shawn Crawford [USA] USA 10.13