Beijing, 2008: Is it the shoes? #50Days50Moments (repost gettysport) “I was in one of the last photo positions to the side of the finish line for the Men's #100m Final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, one of the most highly-anticipated events in all of sport. The race was over so quickly, however I somehow remember every one of the world record-setting 9.69 seconds it took for Jamaica’s #UsainBolt to claim gold. Almost immediately after Bolt crossed the finish line, many of the photographers downed their cameras to transmit the images, but I chose to move slightly up the track to where no one else was waiting. Once the newly-crowned 'Worlds Fastest Man' completed his victory lap, he happened to pause right in front of me, removed his golden running shoes, turned his head to the the side and kissed them. The combination of the sweat streaming down his face, with the custom-embroidered '100m Beijing' visible on the side of the shoe, completes this image of such an iconic Olympic moment." — ...