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For questions 36-42, first read the article and then answer the questions.
"We've never seen anything like that before," said the great Olympian, Michael Johnson, after an amazing 100 meters final. Jamaican runner, Usain Bolt, was so far in front of the other runners that he had time to slow down and smile for the cameras before he crossed the finishing line. His time was a world record 9.69 seconds, three-hundredths of a second faster than the record he set 11 weeks ago. He looks unbeatable.
The other runners were nowhere. A fifth of a second behind - a long, long way in sprinting - was Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago. The best American was Walter Dix, who was third in 9.91sec. Asafa Powell and Michael Frater, also from Jamaica, were fifth and sixth, a long way behind the incredible Bolt.
The 100 meters is the main event at the Olympic Games and for that reason it is also the race which can bring disgrace to the sport of athletics. If the fastest man in the world is a cheat, who cares about the others? Two of the previous four winners of the 100 meters, Justin Gatlin and Linford Christie, failed drugs tests after the Olympics. This meant that, of course, some people were very suspicious about this year's race.
The world record holder, Bolt, and the former world record holder, Powell, are the two fastest men in the world and some people said the winner would need a time of 9.6 to win the race. Twenty years ago Ben Johnson won the Olympic 100 meters in 9.7, running quicker than anyone did in the four Olympics that followed. He then tested positive for drugs and lost his gold medal.
In the semi-finals Bolt started slowly, was slow at the finish and still won in 9.85. This was exactly the time Justin Gatlin (who is now banned after failing a drugs test) ran to win in Athens in 2004. He was a tenth of a second ahead of Dix in second. Even then Bolt looked fantastic, unbeatable, and incredible.
Bolt's path to the gold medal was made easier when Tyson Gay, who was suffering from an injury, ran slower than 10 seconds and missed a place in the final. Powell won his semi-final easily in 9.91 and the final of the 100 meters was a contest between the two Jamaicans. They even had a third finalist in Michael Frater. Two Trinidadians, two Americans and the man from Netherlands Antilles completed the line-up - six from the Caribbean, two from the United States.
When the competitors appeared for the final, hundreds of cameras flashed round the stadium like stars. The location was almost perfect - the stadium was the greatest in modern Olympics. Bolt was in lane four. Powell was three lanes to his right. In between were Thompson and Dix. The introductions to the fastest race in the whole of sport were made. Bolt smiled and pointed. Powell moved slowly from side to side.
Silence, and then bang! Before anyone could breathe, Bolt had won. Amazingly, the first man to run faster than 9.7 seconds slowed down towards the end. "I could see him slowing down ahead as I was still running hard," said Thompson. If the semi-final was incredible, this was even more unbelievable. Bolt produced the most electric 100 meters performance for 20 years and then celebrated by disco dancing around the stadium.
"We expected him to win," said the Jamaican team doctor, Herb Elliott. "I don't know how fast he can run； his coach doesn't know how fast he can run； he doesn't know how fast he can run." He also said that Bolt had been tested six times in Beijing. It was an historic night for Jamaica, who had never won the Olympic 100 meters before. In 1952, Herb McKenlay lost the closest 100 meters in history, now Bolt had won the easiest.
When Bolt was asked why he slowed down, he said: "I wasn't interested in the world record. I didn't even know I had the world record until after the victory lap. This medal means a lot to my country, and to me." Bolt had missed breakfast and had chicken nuggets for lunch. He then rested, and then had more nuggets for tea. He won the gold medal on a diet of chicken nuggets. The shadow of history was there though. Johnson was tragic but if there was anything suspicious about Bolt's victory, it would be a farce not a tragedy. Will Buckley August 17, 2008 Guardian News & Media 2008 First published in The Observer, 17/08/08

38. Who came second in the race?