Usain ‘the Lightning’ Bolt, the speedy Jamaican, dominated and crushed the competition in tonight’s 100 meter men’s race in Beijing to win gold. The amazing part is that Bolt won the 100 meter race in just 80 meters. He was so far ahead after 80 meters that he pulled up and started celebrating and pumping his chest as he crossed the finish line in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.

Bolt simply made the rest of his competition look like they belonged on a high school track.

Now that is gone, too, and Bolt’s 0.20-second margin of victory matched the largest in an Olympic 100 final over the last 40 years.

“He’s just a phenomenal athlete,” said Trinidad and Tobago’s Richard Thompson, the NCAA champion from LSU who won the silver by finishing in 9.89, “and I don’t think anyone would have beaten him with a run like that today.”

The silver went to Trinidad and Tobago’s Richard Thompson. The bronze to Walter Dix from the United States with a 9.91.

UPDATE: Bolt Wins 200, Sets World Record