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    Usain Bolt Is The World's Fastest Man

    Against one of the greatest fields ever assembled, Usain Bolt won the 100m final with relative ease, retaining his gold medal from Beijing. Here's the video.

    Bolt's 9.63 was a new Olympic record and a .06-second improvement on his gold-medal time from Beijing. He becomes the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 and '88 to repeat as Olympic champion. Blake was second, with a 9.75; Gatlin took bronze with a 9.79.