Russia's first athletics gold medal from women's Steeplechase

Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia led all the way to win the women's steeplechase gold medal with a world record performance at the Beijing Olympic Games .
The 30-year-old finisehd in 8 minutes 58.81 seconds, breaking the previous record of 9:01.59 set by herself four years ago.

Eunice Jepkorir of Kenya claimed the silver medal in 9:07.41. She outsprinted another Russian Ekaterina Volkova in the final 100 meters to catch the medal and broke the African record.

Volkova, last year's gold winner at the Osaka world championships, finished to claim the bronze in 9:07.64.

It was Russia's first athletics gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games.

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Thunder "Bolt"...in 9.69 Seconds

Oh man......what a magnificent run.....

The world record of 9.72 is history now...The fastest man on earth is now Usain Bolt..

Jamaica's Usain Bolt crashed the 100 m race for men in Beijing Olympics in 9.69 seconds...

Starting in Lane 4, Bolt got a mediocre start out of the blocks but blew away the rest of the field in the final 50 meters, spreading his arms with three strides to go and pounding his chest before crossing the line in 9.69 seconds unofficially. If he had held his form through the tape, he may have run in the 9.5’s.

His rival Jamaican Asafa Powell could finish only fifth..

Ones to Watchout at The Games: Usain Bolt

Known as the 'Lightning Bolt' is a 100m and 200m specialist. On May 31, New York when he sprinted across 100m in a world record time of 9.72 second the 21 year old from Kingston was awarded the title of the world's fastest human, beating Tysan Gay(US) and the legendary Asafa Powell.