Usain Bolt, a 21 years old jamaican runner, beat last Saturday in New York City the 100 meters race world record with 9″72 seconds. He dethroned his compatriot Asafa Powell who had carried out 9″74 seconds in Italy last September.

Saturday, the race profited from a wind of 1,7 meter/second old back but with difficult climatic conditions and rains.
After a world championship silver medail on 200 meters race, this yound runner already promises to make beautiful things in Beijing.

Watch the race in video : Read the rest of this entry »

The information is not official but that already starts to buzz on the Web : Leona Lewis, the British singer, could be present at the olympic closing ceremony in Beijing and to perform by the same occasion.

Since the closing ceremony must mark the relay with the next host city for next summer Olympic Games in 2012, in fact London, british personalities should be present. The London mayor Boris Johnson should be presend and accompanied by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the sportsman David Beckham, and the singer Leona Lewis.

After having conquered the United States and Europe lately, it will be the occasion for the singer to expose herself to the international scene and to benefit from this occasion to conquer new horizons.
Celine Dion had been an enormous success after her performance at Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. Leona Lewis should follow her steps.

For those who don’t know her, here is the song “Bleeding Love” in video, which has to reveal Leona Lewis : Read the rest of this entry »