On the eve of his 22^nd birthday, Usain Bolt makes track-and-field history.

Tonight in Beijing in the 200-meter final, the Jamaican sprinter surged to his second Olympic gold medal, crossing the finish line in a staggering world-record time of 19.30 seconds. The previous 200m mark was held for over 12 years by Michael Johnson, and no one thought that it would ever be broken… let alone smashed by an ascendant star who finished this race about four body lengths ahead of everyone else.

Bolt is the first runner ever to break both the 100m and 200m records at the same Olympics, and the first since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win the “Sprint Double.”

We’re excited to be a part of this amazing moment in sporting and Olympic history. Over the next week, we’ll be posting new video content to the Involver-powered chasingBOLT campaign, so please make sure to check back here.

Join us in congratulating Usain! Through Puma’s chasingBOLT Facebook app, you can send him a personal photo message right now. Submit anything — a written note, a picture of you and your friends celebrating Usain’s world records, etc. As a bonus, Puma will mail some Limited Edition Gold Medal/World Record T-shirts to the campaign members who send in the best photo submissions. (Usain will do the choosing — he’ll be watching the app constantly!)

To send a photo message to Usain Bolt, simply log in to your Facebook account and then go to the app homepage. (Follow the links in the big yellow box).

Congratulations, Usain!

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