PodSpec » Sports http://podspec.com Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:39:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Youngest circumnavigator http://podspec.com/2009/08/27/youngest-sailboat-circumnavigator/ http://podspec.com/2009/08/27/youngest-sailboat-circumnavigator/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:35:30 +0000 cs http://podspec.com/?p=198 LONDON (Reuters) – A 17-year-old Briton became the youngest person to sail round the globe single-handed on Thursday after nine months at sea.

Mike Perham suffered knockdowns and damage to his yacht during the 24,000-mile (38,700-km) trip and the teenager from Hertfordshire, southern England, said he was now looking forward to a “good meal and [...]]]> http://podspec.com/2009/08/27/youngest-sailboat-circumnavigator/feed/ 0 Bolt 9.58s http://podspec.com/2009/08/16/bolt-9-58s/ http://podspec.com/2009/08/16/bolt-9-58s/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:19:57 +0000 cs http://podspec.com/?p=184 Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt set a new world record as he cruised to a stunning victory in the 100m at the World Championships in Berlin. The 22-year-old Jamaican stormed home in a time of 9.58 seconds to leave the rest of the field in his wake.

American Tyson Gay was second in a time of 9.71, [...]]]> http://podspec.com/2009/08/16/bolt-9-58s/feed/ 0 Bolt 9.97s http://podspec.com/2009/06/19/bolt-997s/ http://podspec.com/2009/06/19/bolt-997s/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:17:12 +0000 admin http://podspec.com/?p=12

But the wind was a fraction over the legal limit, meaning the event record of 9.85 set by Bolt’s fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell in 2005 still stands.

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