Nastia Liukin

Nastia Liukin has won four national all-around titles and nine World Championship medals. A leader of the US team since 2005, Nastia Liukin is the 2008 Olympic All-Around Champion. Find her bio and photogallery here.

Usain Bolt 100m

Usain Bolt, the Jamaican sprinter, broke the world record as he blitzed his rivals to claim the Olympic gold medal in the 100 meters final in Beijing.

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Jamaica. Bolt holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his teammates, the 4×100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds, all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bolt became the first man to win all three events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man in history to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. His name and achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname “Lightning Bolt”.