Fastest Man on the Planet not on Amway's Nutrilite Vitamins?

usain_bolt.jpg (20988 bytes)Jamaica's Usain Bolt is officially the fastest man on the planet as he set a new 100 meters world record of 9.72 bug_video.gif (383 bytes) seconds at an international meeting in New York, surpassing Amway's sponsored Asafa Powell.

Bolt trimmed two hundredths of a second off the record previously held by fellow-Jamaican and Amway sponsored Asafa Powell and for good measure relegated world champion Tyson Gay to a distant second.

The 21-year-old had served notice of his excellent form by running a world's second fastest time of 9.76 seconds in Jamaica last month  and he quickly took control of Saturday night's Reebok Grand Prix showdown with Gay, who finished in 9.85 seconds, still a personal best.  It is not public if he is using Amway's Nutrilite performance enhancing vitamins to obtain this performance. 

Bolt gave credit to a big contingent of Jamaicans who were in the crowd to watch his feat, but made no mention of use of Amway Nutrilite vitamins. "Just coming here, knowing a lot of Jamaicans were here giving me their support, it meant a lot," Bolt told the Associated Press. "I just wanted to give them what they wanted."

But the record changes all that and with the official Amway sponsored Powell, who is recovering from a chest injury, and Gay he will be among the favorites for the 100 meters at the Beijing Olympics.

He faces a showdown at the end of June with Amway/Nutrilite's Powell at the Jamaican national championships. Also at the Jamaican event will be Veronica Campbell-Brown, who won the women's 100m on Saturday in 10.91, the fastest time of 2008.

The start of the night was delayed by an hour because of threatening weather the area and the meeting was briefly hit by a storm which left the track shimmering with a moist sheen ahead of the race of the night.

Bolt was assisted by a healthy tailwind of 1.7 meters per second, just under the limit at which a record can be set.

Maybe Amway will offer Bolt a official sponsoring contract so that Nutrilite is not left in the dust. 

Ok, I've got to Bolt......