Usain Bolt’s feats in Berlin are now cemented in history. A segment of the old Berlin wall has been graced with Bolt’s image, commemorating the world records he set this past week. Check out the details below…

Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt has been honoured by the city of Berlin which has given him an original segment of the Berlin Wall - nearly three tons of it.

Bolt, who broke world records in winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres, was presented with the piece of wall at a small ceremony yesterday, the final day of the World Championships.

The section is 3.6 metres (12 feet) high and weighs 2.7 metric tons. It will be delivered to Bolt’s training camp in Jamaica by a special company….

Check out the full story here: Bolt gets piece of Berlin Wall.

I gotta say it though, that’s not really the best portrait. I’m not that only one who feels that way, either.

Anyway, check out a video of the ceremony after the jump…

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BBCCaribbean.com has put together a nice summary of the dominance of Caribbean teams at this year’s Track & Field championships. Check out an excerpt below…

…The peerless Bolt, who turned 23 years old on Friday, broke both his individual world records - in the 100 and 200 metres - and left the world grasping and gasping for superlatives as attention turned rightly to Jamaican performances on the track and field.

But this was no one man-show as, after six days of this nine-day event, Jamaica led the gold-medal count with five.

That was one more than the United States, two of whose winners have come from Caribbean-born athletes…

For the full story, click here: The Caribbean Party in Berlin.

All even more fitting, since the Jamaican men just wrapped up another gold in the 4×100 final. Check the video after the jump…

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Another day, another record. Must be nice being that fast…check out the video below…

Check the full story here: Bolt gets gold, another record in 200 at worlds.

After Bolt destroyed his previous world record in Berlin Vybz Kartel soon after created a tribute for him. I don’t know what’s faster Jamaican runners or Jamaican Dancehall artists.

Download here

9.58….going into a headwind? The dude is like a video game or something. Check out the video below if you haven’t caught it already…

Check out the full story here: Bolt lowers 100-meter mark to 9.58 (ESPN.com).

Fernando Garcia-Guereta covered a documentary on Jamaican runners just before the Olympics in 08. Here is a snippet of the article that the Jamaican Gleaner did on “Why do Jamaicans Run So Fast?”…

With a ‘little feeling’ that something big was going to happen at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, Spanish music producer Fernando Garcia-Guereta shifted gears from the studio and on to the track with his debut documentary Why Do Jamaicans Run So Fast?

Filming months before the Olympics and continuing the journey from Beijing and back, the 61-minute documentary is the only non-American film nominated at this year’s American Black Film Festival.

via Seen and Jamaican Gleaner

BBCCaribbean.com has put together a nice feature on the up-and-coming track atheletes in Jamaica. Check out the full story at the link below…

image via puma running on Flickr.

The Sun reported that Usain Bolt and soccer giants Real Madrid made a deal for Bolt to train with their team to improve the pace of the team. Check out the interview.

Video from bbc.com.

When Nike recently hooked up with record-holding Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell to create a 30-minute mix for their Nike+ channel on iTunes, it was only right that they scooped up one of hottests djs out to spice things up some. The result? Mavado’s new tune “On The Go (Faster Than A Bullet)”, being used to promote Asafa’s upcoming Olympic run. Check it out in the above video and below….

That’s a pretty good look for all parties involved. To download the mix and the song, check the links below….

…and I’m hating on Asafa getting hooked up with a pair of those Mavado Dunks.

via The FADER.