Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is arguably the fastest man in the world, march onning three favorable thenars at the 2008 exceptional Games in Beijing, China, and turn the first man in Olympic history to win some(prenominal) the 100-meter and 200-meter races in record times. Bolt won his fourth Olympic gold medal in the mens 100-meter race at the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London, beating rival Yohan Blake, who took argent. Bolt ran the race in 9. 63 seconds, a new Olympic record, making him the first man in history to set three world records in a angiotensin-converting enzyme Olympic Games competition. The win marked Bolts second straightforward gold medal in the 100.Bolt went on to compete in the mens 200, claiming his second consecutive gold medal in that race. He is the first man to win both the 100 and 200 at consecutive Olympic Games, as well as the first man to ever win back-to-back gold medals in double sprints. Usain Bolt was born in Jamaica on August 2 1, 1986. Both a standout cricket player and a sprinter proterozoic on, Bolts natural speed was noticed by coaches at school, As early as age 14, Bolt was wowing fans of sprinting with his lightning speed, and he won his first high school championships medal in 2001, taking the silver in the 200-meter race.Bolt announced that he would run the 100-meter and 200-meter events at the Beijing Summer Olympics. In the 100-meter final, Bolt broke the world record, winning in 9. 69 seconds. Not only was the record set without a favorable wind, precisely he also visibly slowed down to celebrate before he finished (and his shoelace was untied), an act that aroused much controversy ulterior on. Bolts achievements in sprinting have earned him numerous awards, including the IAAF World Athlete of the social class (twice), Track & Field Athlete of the Year and Laureus Sportsman of the Year.