NEW YORK (May 31, 2008) - At the fourth-annual Reebok Grand Prix, lightning struck twice: first in the conventional sense, and then when 21-year-old Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt thundered his way past triple World Champion Tyson Gay to break the World Record for 100 meters with a stunning 9.72-second victory.

It was the first 100-meter World Record set in the United States in 12 years, since Donovan Bailey's Olympic gold medal performance in Atlanta in 1996, and a jolt unlike any the sports world has seen in some time.

"I wasn't looking for a World Record," said Bolt, the 200-meter World Championships silver medalist at 200 meters. "But it was there for the taking."