"Lightning Bolt" AKA Usain Bolt ready for Olympics 2012
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Bolt won a 200 m gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, making him the competition's youngest-ever gold medalist at the time (since surpassed by Jacko Gill). In 2004, at the CARIFTA Games, he became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 m in less than 20 seconds with a time of 19.93 s, breaking the previous world junior record held by Roy Martin by two-tenths of a second. He turned professional in 2004, and although he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he missed most of the next two seasons due to injuries. In 2007, he broke Don Quarrie's 200 m Jamaican record with a run of 19.75 s.
His 2008 season began with his first world record performance—a 100 m world record of 9.72 s—and culminated in world and Olympic records in both the 100 m and 200 m events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He ran 9.69 s for the 100 m and 19.30 s in the 200 m, and also set a 4×100 m relay record of 37.10 s with the Jamaican team. This made him the first man to win three sprinting events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. The following year he further lowered his own 100 m and 200 m world records to 9.58 s and 19.19 s respectively at the 2009 World Championships.This made him the first man to hold both the 100 and 200 m world and Olympic titles at the same time.
His 2009 record breaking margin over 100 m is the highest since the start of digital time measurements. His achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt", and awards including the IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, and Laureus Sportsman of the Year. Sportspro has rated Usain Bolt as the 4th most marketable athlete in the world.Three-time Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will be Jamaica’s flagbearer at Friday’s opening ceremony for the London Olympics, and he is ready for more medals.
Bolt redefined the men’s sprint with gold medal runs in world record times in the 100 metres, 200m and 4x100m at the 2008 Games in Beijing in 2008.
““Carrying the flag is an honour,” Bolt told a news conference on Thursday after Jamaica’s Olympic committee president Mike Fennel announced him as flagbearer. “For my country Jamaica, I’ll do anything — to be on TV. I’m happy.” Bolt has bested his own records set in 2008, but also has a formidable rival in countryman Yohan Blake, who beat him twice at the Olympic trials, and won the 100m world title last year when Bolt famously false-started.
The 25-year-old said he has recovered from back problems and is ready for more success in London.
“I had slight problems but nothing too serious,” Bolt said.
I am ready to go. The vibe is good and I am happy. I am always ready, for me I keep telling you guys it’s always about the champs, it’s never about one run, never about the trials,” Bolt said.
