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Dystopic Cameraman On Segway Takes Out Usain Bolt

A suckerpunch in the battle between man and machine.

Starship Troopers showed us that sports in the future were going to be sweet as hell. But Paul Verhoeven left out all the cool things that would go down off the field. For that, we must turn to track.

Gizmo'd up to his earhole, this junior Optimus Prime at the Beijing IAAF World Championships experiences a series of simultaneous gadget malfunctions and takes out Usain Bolt with his Segway. He was stuck in the machine, man. Luckily, no one was hurt. Not yet, anyway.

The irony is stunning. Usain Bolt, perhaps the greatest athlete in the oldest sport, is taken out by a cyborg-on-wheels. On wheels. Like, the term used to describe someone who runs really fast.

If the impact in English is too subtle, the choice words of an Italian commentator really bring it home.

Grazie mille. Enjoy the future.