Usain bolt record - On This Day: Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt breaks 200m world record

Jun 25, 2021; Eugene, OR, USA; Erriyon Knighton wins 200m heat in 20.

Not content with breaking the 100m world record at the same championships four days earlier with a time of 9.

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However, he was still training hard and won Gold at the World Youth Championship in the next year at 2003.

During his time at Waldensia Primary School, he began sprinting and by the time he was twelve was the school's fastest 100-meter runner.

Reuters Bolt did not have the ideal preparation going into the championships, having injured his leg in a car crash that April.