Wednesday 31 May marked 15 years since Usain Bolt set the world record in the 100 metres with a time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York. He beat fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell record by .02 seconds.
This was the start of a worldwind domination in track for the then 22-year-old.
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Bolt went on to win gold at the Beijing Olympics months later, and set a 9.58 second record at the 2009 World Championships, which still stands to this day.
Yesterday, he acknowledged the anniversary on social media by posting a video of the race with the caption, “May 31, 2008 #FactsnotOpinion”, and a follow up post sharing a photo of himself competing in the race.
The caption, read: “Call me legend and me nuh pass 40 #History #FactsnotOpinion.”
