Maurice Greene, the former 100m world champion and world record holder, who retired last year, reckoned he might see a low 9.6 but never a 9.5.

莫里斯·格林，前百米世界冠军和世界纪录保持者，谁去年退休，估摸着他可能会看到一个低9.6，但从来没有一个9.5。

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Maurice Greene opened the door to his balcony each day around 9 a. m., stepped outside, looked at the glittering sea and took a deep breath of salt air.

莫里斯·格林每天上午会在大约9点钟打开阳台的门，站在阳台上眺望波光粼粼的海面，深深吸一口略带咸味的空气。

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He had warned everybody they should expect something special and although his semi-final involved yet another false start, he stormed to an easy victory, clocking just 0.03s over Maurice Greene's world record of 6.39s.

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He smashed the British and European record in Saturday's semi-final with a phenomenal time of 6.42s - breaking Jason Gardener's 10-year-old British record by 0.04s and just 0.03s slower than Maurice Greene's world record.

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Days later, I'm still appalled that a magnificent sprinter like Johnson, a thoughtful and well-spoken fellow, a noble man-god, would lose his cool in a rivalry of words with a cheap, two-dollar-pistol-of-a-sprinter named Maurice Greene.

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