Usain Bolt - World's fastest man
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Usain Bolt Celebrating after setting the World Record in 100m
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| Bolt showing his dominance in 200m at Beijing olympics Usain Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 at Sherwood Content a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica. His full name is Usain St.Leo Bolt. He spent his early years in playing Football and Cricket. During High school days Bolt’s Cricket coach noticed his speed and urged him to try Track and Field events. Former Olympic sprinter Pablo Mc Neil coached Bolt and his first major victory in world stage came at a tender age of 15. He won the 200m Gold medal in 2002 World Junior Championships, in a time of 20.61sec.He also won 2 silver medals in 4X100 m and 4X400m Relay running times of 39.15sec and 3:04.06 min respectively. Bolt’s dominance in track events continued as he won gold at 2003 World Youth Championships. He set a new championship record in 200 m with a timing of 20.40sec.He received the IAAF Raising Star Award for 2002.Bolt turned his focus on 200m and equaled Roy Martin’s world junior record of 20.13sec at the age of 16.He was awarded the IAAF Raising Star of the year 2003 for his world junior record. Fitz Coleman became Bolt’s new coach and bolt turned professional in 2004. He became the first junior sprinter to run under 20 sec as he won the CARIFTA Games in Bermuda with a time of 19.93 sec. Remainder of 2004 season was hampered by hamstring injury. Still he was included in the Jamaican squad for 2004 Athens Olympics. However, he was hindered by a leg injury and was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres with a below par time of 21.05 s. In 2005 Bolt made a fresh start with new coach Glen Mills, he started training with seasoned sprinters like Kim Collins and Dwain Chambers. Mills demanded Blot to compete in 100m and he showed great improvement in the shortest form of the event getting past country man Asafa Powell in few occasions. On 3rd May 2008 Bolt ran a time of 9.76sec in Jamaican international event, it was the second best time ever behind Asafa powell(9.74sec). His performance was applauded by many greats including Micheal Johnson and rival Tyson Gay. |
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| Usain Bolt with his relay team Mates after setting the World Record at Beijing Coach Mills expected much more from his trainee. Mills' prediction came true before the end of the month when Bolt created a new 100 m world record on 31 May 2008. Pushed on by a tail wind of 1.7 m/s, Bolt ran 9.72 sec at the Reebok Grand Prix held in New York City, breaking Powell's record. In 2008 summer Olympics Bolt reached a mile stone by winning 100m and 200m with world record timings of 9.69sec and 19.30 sec respectively. He won his third gold with a world record in the mega event by running the third leg in 4X100m relay with a time of 37.10sec.His team mates were Nesta carter, Micheal Frater and former world record holder Asafa Powell. |
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| Bolt leading the race competing with Tyson Gay and Asafa powell Two of the world best sprinters Bolt and Tyson gay met in the World championship in August 2009.Bolt came up with yet another world record in both 100m and 200m with timings of 9.58sec and 19.19sec respectively. Gay was second in 100m with 9.71sec and withdrew from 200m. |
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| Bolt with his Olympic Gold medal |
| Personal Information |
| Name : Usain Bolt |
| Nick Names : Lightning man , World’s Fastest man |
| Nationality : Jamaican |
| Born : 21 August 1986 |
| Height : 1.95 m |
| Weight : 93.9kgs |
| Events : 100m, 200m and 400m |
| Personal Best : 100m - 9.58 sec (WR, Berlin 2009) |
| : 200m - 19.19sec (WR, Berlin 2009) |
| : 400m - 45.28sec(Kingston 2007 ) |
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