Bolt in shock over Pistorius arrest
Usain Bolt says he was shocked by the news that fellow Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been charged with the shooting death of his model girlfriend.
Usain Bolt says he was shocked by the news that fellow Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius had been charged with the shooting death of his model girlfriend.
After an unforgettable performance in the 4×100-meter relay, Usain Bolt of Jamaica wanted a souvenir with which to remember his second Olympics.
His place in history already secure, Usain Bolt added to his legend by anchoring Jamaica’s 4×100-meter relay team to a world record and capping his second Olympics in a row with three gold medals.
This was it. The race that would decide whether Usain Bolt, the fastest man the world has ever seen, would become a legend — according to the Jamaican sprint star himself.
Usain Bolt backed up his billing as a “living legend” by winning the Olympic 200 meters and becoming the first athlete to repeat as double Olympic sprint champion.
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won the Olympic 100m final here Sunday, defending his title with the second fastest time in history.
The sky’s the limit but the focus is most definitely not on Usain Bolt, according to Yohan Blake, the fastest man in the world this year who will be going for the Olympic sprint double.
Fitness concerns, an early morning car crash and losing over both the 100 and 200m to the same Jamaican rival have raised serious doubts about Usain Bolt’s ability to defend his Olympic sprint titles.
The doping-tarnished world of athletics needed a boost at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and duly received a massive one from Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt, who changed the face of track and field as we know it.
