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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Florida State's Walter Dix Gets Bronze Medal in 100 Meters


FSU's three time All- American Walter Dix won the bronze medal in the 100 meters at the Olympics this morning.

Dix posted a personal best 9.91 in the finals, good enough for third place.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won the race and set a world record with a time of 9.69. Richard Thompson, who competed for LSU and is running for Trinidad/Tobago in the Olympics, gets the silver medal with a personal-best time of 9.89.

Walter was just 2/100th of a second from second place.

While at Florida State - Dix led the Seminoles to two straight national championships in track. He recently signed promotional contracts with Nike and Oakley.

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