Canadians remember Donovan Bailey's golden moment
Canada's fastest man set 100m world record Atlanta Olympics
By Monika Platek, CBC Sports
On July 27, 1996, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey powered past the finish line in world-record time at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games. It has been 20 years since Canadians exploded in cheers around their televisions to celebrate his golden 100-metre win in 9.84 seconds, and the memories came flooding back Wednesday.
Today marks 20 years since <a href="https://twitter.com/donovanbailey">@donovanbailey</a>'s golden Olympic moment. More Olympic coverage at <a href="https://t.co/fk1z5Ktllr">https://t.co/fk1z5Ktllr</a>. <a href="https://t.co/Q2hE7Ijfu3">https://t.co/Q2hE7Ijfu3</a>
—@CBCOlympicsBailey commemorated the anniversary by bringing out the two medals he won in Atlanta - gold in the 100, and gold in the 4x100 relay.
These twins only come out on very special occasions <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/canada?src=hash">#canada</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/blessed?src=hash">#blessed</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/champ?src=hash">#champ</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/legend?src=hash">#legend</a> #22. <a href="https://t.co/adrSChMjqA">pic.twitter.com/adrSChMjqA</a>
—@donovanbaileyCanadians took to Twitter to relive the magic and thank Bailey for delivering one of their favourite Olympic moments of all time.
20 years ago today and still the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/champ?src=hash">#champ</a>. What a magical time it was <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/legend?src=hash">#legend</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dominant?src=hash">#dominant</a> #984 <a href="https://twitter.com/donovanbailey">@donovanbailey</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ay3YjUI8k0">pic.twitter.com/Ay3YjUI8k0</a>
—@tohj20 yrs ago <a href="https://twitter.com/donovanbailey">@donovanbailey</a> delivered the greatest 🇨🇦 Olympic moment of all time🏅Thx for the memories Champ❤️#legend <a href="https://t.co/G3hszihqrc">pic.twitter.com/G3hszihqrc</a>
—@DianeRaicheTo celebrate this important date in Canadian sports history, the Toronto Blue Jays invited Bailey to throw the opening pitch prior to Wednesday afternoon's game against the San Diego Padres.
Throwing out today's first pitch is retired Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey! <a href="https://t.co/sZSm5tyWVl">pic.twitter.com/sZSm5tyWVl</a>
—@BlueJaysIs this one of your favourite Olympic moments? Let us know on Twitter @CBCOlympics.