‘Two million people had applied for tickets, the announcer kept saying. It’s an awful lot of anticipation for nine and a half seconds. While listening to the Kazakh national anthem (congrats, Olga Rypakova), it occurred to me that the vast majority of Bolt’s fans have seen him compete for no more than a minute in all.’
‘How Usain Bolt Could Break his World Record Without Running Faster…’, Daily Beast: