In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Usain Bolt will have run 100 meters.  He set a brand new record at the Olympics last year in this race…and then yesterday he shattered it by .11 seconds–an unheard of quantity of time in a race where things are measured in hundredths and even thousandths of a second of time.

Bolt, whose celebratory antics at the Olympics were either exuberant and real or terrible sportsmanship, depending who you talked to, says he wants to hit a 9.4 100 meter.

Meanwhile, Tyson Gay, world champion 100 meter runner in 2007, set the all-time American runner record at 9.71 seconds, a feat that a year ago would have been good enough for a world record.

The triumph of Bolt–and to a lesser extent, of Gay–is good news for a sport that’s mostly known lately for doping, at least by the casual ESPN-watcher.  We can’t wait to see what he does next: his exuberance is catching!