Beijing (National Stadium), PR OF CHINA 08 AUG 2008 - 24 AUG 2008
All my other Olympics videos were taken off Youtube so this video may be on the chopping block. I have some videos on Vimeo under this same handle.

I was in my apartment in Manhattan just across the East River from Randall's Island and the Reebok meet at Icahn Stadium when Bolt shocked us all with his 9.72 WR. It was weird for him to be in a 100 at all back then. Less than three miles from where I was standing, I missed a surprising WR (and next-level progression of a legendary season and career) in person. Look at how I'm trying to connect myself to Bolt by posting this video and telling that boring story, like I was part of it all. Shameless. Like I was telling Ato the other day, . . .

Includes profiles and buildup and after-race assessment of each round.
Time-stamp (click to go to that point), event, round, time (reaction time/wind reading):

0:03:45 100 Heat 1 Bolt 10.20 (0.186/-0.2w)
0:08:55 (after false start) 100 Quarterfinal 4 Bolt 9.92 (0.165/0.1w)
0:12:00 100 Semifinal 1 Bolt 9.85 (0.161/-0.1w)
0:20:40 100 Final Bolt 9.69 World Record (0.165/0.0w)

0:36:44 200 Heat 5 Rondel Sorillo TTO 20.58 Bolt 20.64 (0.177/-0.1w)
0:40:57 200 Quarterfinal 1 Bolt 20.29 (0.186/+0.1w)
0:45:27 200 Semifinal 2 Bolt 20.09 (0.175/+0.1w)
0:51:26 200 Final Bolt 19.30 World Record (0.182/-0.9w)

1:05:30 4x100 Heat 1 Trinidad & Tobago (Bledman, Burns, Armstrong, Thompson) 38.26 Japan 38.52 Netherlands 38.87 Brazil 39.02 (USA DQ dropped baton Martin, Padgett, Patton, Gay -- Those first two guys consistently ran great in those relays leading up to and including that race. I always felt worst for them. A winning effort on a losing team.)
1:13:31 4x100 Heat 2 Jamaica (Thomas, Frater, Carter, Powell) 38.31 Canada 38.77 Germany 38.93 China 39.13
1:19:36 4x100 Final (before Jamaica's DQ) Jamaica (Carter, Frater, Bolt, Powell) 37.10 World Record Trinidad & Tobago 38.06 Brazil 28.24 Germany 38.58 Canada 38.66 (Netherlands and China DQ'd)

Olympics.com posted a June 27, 2023 letter from Usain Bolt:
https://olympics.com/en/news/usain-bolt-beijing-2008-letter
"Usain Bolt: Beijing 2008 is where everything changed for me"

"Ahead of the Winter Olympics in 2022, the eight-time Olympic champion reflects on how the last Olympics in China completely changed his life."