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Bolt shatters his own world 100-meter mark

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Usain Bolt of Jamaica -- who ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds at the World Track Championships in Berlin Sunday, breaking his own world record -- is shown celebrating a 200-meter world record in the Olympics in Beijing Aug. 20, 2008. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt) 
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Published: Aug. 16, 2009 at 9:25 PM

BERLIN, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Jamaica's Usain Bolt ran 100 meters in 9.58 seconds at the World Track Championships in Berlin Sunday, breaking his own world record.

Bolt cut .11 seconds from his previous mark, set at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

It was the biggest change in the 100-meter world record since electronic timing was introduced 41 years ago.

American Tyson Gay was second in 9.71 seconds, a record for a U.S. runner, and Asafa Powell of Jamaica was third in 9.84.

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