Usain Bolt

At 37 years old, Usain Bolt has this physical status:

Usain St Leo Bolt, (born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter.

In the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4 100 meters relay, he is the world record holder.

Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m at three straight Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016), due to his success and domination in sprinting.

In addition, he received two 4 100 relay gold medals.

He rose to international prominence thanks to his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, making him the first person to hold both records after fully automatic time was deemed mandatory.

He has won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m, and 4 x 100 meters relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011.

He is the most popular participant of the World Championships.

Bolt is the first person to win four World Championship titles in the 200 meters and is the joint most successful in the 100 m with three titles. Bolt set a new world record of 9.69 seconds in 2009, the first step forward since electronic timing was introduced.

He has twice broken the 200 meters world record, a record set in 2008 and 2009.

He has helped Jamaica set three 4 100 meters relay world records, with the most recent being 36.84 seconds, which was set in 2012.

The 200 m, Bolt's most popular sport, has three Olympic and four World titles.

The 2008 Olympics marked his international debut over 100 meters; he had earlier won numerous 200 meters (including 2007 World Championship silver) and now holds the world under-20 and world under-18 records for the event. The IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (three times) and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year have been given to him by his efforts as a sprinter, among other things.

Bolt retired after the 2017 World Championships, when he came in third place in his last solo 100 m run and stepped up in the 4100 m relay final. Bolt began training with the Central Coast Mariners in August 2018 as a left-winger, citing that it was his "dream" to play professional association football.

Bolt scored twice for the team in a friendly match on October 12, 2018.

He left the club the following month but in January 2019 he decided not to pursue a career in football.

Early years

Bolt was born in Sherwood Content, a small town in Jamaica, on August 21, 1986. He and Jennifer Bolt were born. He has a brother, Sadiki, and a sister, Sherine. Bolt's parents owned the local supermarket store in the rural area, and he and his brother spent his time playing cricket and football in the streets together, later saying, "I didn't really think about anything other than sports." Bolt began to run in his parish's annual national primary school meet as an infant, where he began to show his sprint potential as a child. Bolt had been the school's fastest runner over the 100 meters distance by the age of 12. Bolt also adored European football teams, Real Madrid and Manchester United.

Bolt's speed on the field led him to other sports, but his cricket coach noticed Bolt's speed on the field and encouraged him to try track and field events after his admission to William Knibb Memorial High School. Pablo McNeil, a former Olympic sprinter and Dwayne Jarrett coached Bolt, urging him to concentrate on improving his athletic skills. With previous students, including sprinter Michael Green, the school had a tradition of success in athletics. Bolt captured his first high school championships medal in 2001; he captured the silver medal in the 200 meters in a time of 22.04 seconds. McNeil became his primary tutor, and the two enjoyed a fruitful relationship, but McNeil was occasionally frustrated by Bolt's lack of commitment to his preparation and his penchant for practical jokes.

Bolt and his mother attended Sherwood Content Seventh-day Adventist Church in Trelawny, Jamaica, as a youth. His mother did not offer pork to him in accordance with Adventist values.

Bolt, the representative of Jamaica in his first Caribbean regional event, ran a personal record of 48.28 seconds in the 400 meters in the 2001 CARIFTA Games, winning a silver medal. Bolt finished in 21.81 seconds, earning a silver medal in the 200 meters.

In Debrecen, Hungary, he made his first appearance on the international stage at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships. Bolt didn't qualify for the 200 meters finals, but he did set a new personal record of 21.73 s., but he did not take athletics or himself seriously, and he brought his mischief to a new degree by hiding in the back of a van when he was supposed to be preparing for the 200 m finals at the CARIFTA Trials. He was arrested by the police for his practical joke, and there was a local community outrage, which blamed coach McNeil for the incident. However, the controversies has subsided, and McNeil and Bolt both qualified for the CARIFTA Games, where Bolt set new world records in the 200 m and 400 meters in 21.12 s and 47.33 s, respectively. With 20.61 s and 47.12 s finishes at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, he continued to set new records.

Bolt is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Dani Samuels, David Storl, and Kirani James) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior levels of an athletic competition. Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson recognised Bolt's abilities and arranged for him to visit Kingston, Jamaica, alongside Jermaine Gonzales, so he could study at the University of Technology (JAAA) in Kingston.

Bolt was given a chance to prove his credentials on a worldwide stage in the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. He had grown to 1.96 meters (6 ft 5 in) tall by the age of 15, and he stood out among his peers. He won the 200 meters in 20.61 seconds, a smidgeon of his personal record of 20.58 seconds, which he set in the 1st round. Bolt's 200 m victory made him the youngest world-junior gold medalist ever. The anticipation from the home crowd had made him so anxious that he'd stepped on the wrong feet, but he realized it before the race began. Bolt's experience, on the other hand, was a revelatory one, as he promised never to allow himself to be affected by pre-race nerves. He also completed two silver medals and set national junior records in the 4100 meters and 4400 meters relay, with running times of 39.15 seconds and 3:04.06 minutes respectively.

The flurry of medals continued as he won four golds at the 2003 CARIFTA Games and was named the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding player of the competition. At the 2003 World Youth Championships, he captured his second gold medal. Despite a 1.1 m/s (2.5 mph) head wind, he set a new championship record in the 200 meters in 20.40 s. Michael Johnson, the 200 meters world record holder, took note of Bolt's potential but was worried that the young sprinter would be overloaded, stating, "It's all about what he does three, four, and five years down the line." Bolt had also impressed the athletic hierarchy, and he was named a Rising Star Award by the IAAF in 2002.

Bolt won his final Jamaican High School Championships in 2003. He set new records in 200 meters and 400 meters with times of 20.25 seconds and 45.35 s, respectively. Bolt's runs were a significant improvement over previous records, winning the 200 m fastest by more than a second and a second on the 400 meters record. Bolt set a new World youth record at the 2003 Pan American Junior Championships, three months later. No. 1 is still No. 1 in the 400 meters time. Kirani James, the current Olympic champion, ranks 6 on the all-time youth list, only beating him once more.

Bolt shifted his attention to the 200 m and equalled Roy Martin's world junior record of 20.13 seconds at the Pan-American Junior Championships. This result piqued curiosity from the media, and his time in the 200 meters and 400 meters led to his being dubbed as a potential successor to Johnson. Bolt had already reached times when Johnson did not register until he was 20, and Bolt's 200 m time was quicker than Maurice Greene's season-best times.

Bolt's homeland was getting more popular. Bolt was "the most amazing sprinter ever built on this island," Howard Hamilton, who had been given the job of Public Defender by the government. The young sprinter's fame and the sights of the capital city were starting to be a strain. Bolt was increasingly unfocused on his athletic career, preferring to eat fast food, play basketball, and attend a dance in Kingston's club scene. He became ever more dependent on his natural ability to defeat his opponents if he was lacking a structured lifestyle.

Bolt, the reigning 200 m champion at both the World Youth and World Junior championships, hoped to sweep the world 200 m championships in Paris. In the 200 meters in the World Championship trials, he defeated all comers. Bolt was pragmatic about his chances, and he said that even if he didn't make the final, he'd still consider setting a personal record a success. However, he had a bout of convulsions before the case, and it affected his preparations. Realizing that he would not be in peak health, the JAAA refused to allow him to participate in the finals because he was too young and inexperienced. Bolt was dissatisfied with the opportunity but decided on getting himself in shape to secure a spot on the Jamaican Olympic team instead. Bolt received the IAAF Rising Star Award for the 2003 season, despite the fact that he missed the World Championships.

Personal life

Bolt's passion for dancing is evident, and his persona is often described as laid-back and relaxed. Herb McKenley and former Jamaican 100 meter and 200 m world record holder Don Quarrie are among his Jamaican track and field idols. Bolt holds Michael Johnson, the former 200 meters world and Olympic record holder, in high esteem.

Bolt has the nickname "Lightning Bolt" because of his name and speed. He is Catholic and well-known for making the sign of the cross before racing competitively, and he wears a Miraculous Medal during his competitions. St. Leo is his middle name.

When Bolt played a reggae DJ set to a packed audience in Paris in 2010, he also admitted to his love of music. "I stay up late [playing the game online], I can't help it," Johnson says.

Bolt reveals that he suffered from scoliosis, which has curved his spine to the right and has left his right leg 12 inch (13 mm) shorter than his left. As a result of this, his left leg remains on the ground 14 percent longer than his right leg, with the left leg striking the ground with a force of 955 lbf (4,250 N) and right with 1,080 lbf (4,800 N). Biomechanics researchers have investigated whether this asymmetry has helped or hindered Bolt's sprinting career.

He popularized the "lightning bolt" pose, as well as "to di world" or "bolting," which he used both before and after races and in celebration. The pose consists of raising one arm slightly to the side and the right arm folded across the chest, with both hands having the thumb and index finger outstretched. His success during his Olympic and World Championship victories led to a flurry of copying of the move, from American President Barack Obama to small children. Though Olympic sprint champion Bernard Williams had earlier performed similar celebrations, it has been speculated that the pose resulted from Jamaican dancehall moves of the time, although Olympic sprint champion Bernard Williams had also performed similar celebrations earlier this decade. In the media, his habit of fist bumping the volunteers for good fortune has been described.

Bolt said in 2021 that his obsession with video games, such as Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat, aided him during his Olympic career.

Bolt's longtime girlfriend Kasi Bennett gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Olympia Lightning Bolt, on May 17th, 2020. In June 2021, Bolt and Bennett welcomed twin boys named Saint Leo and Thunder.

Cricket was the first sport to pique Bolt's attention, and if he weren't a sprinter, he'd be a fast bowler instead. He adored Waqar Younis' bowling as an infant. Sachin Tendulkar, West Indian opener Chris Gayle, and Australian opener Matthew Hayden are all fans, as well as Australian opener Matthew Hayden. Bolt clean-bowled Gayle, who was appreciative of Bolt's speed and swing during a charity cricket match. Bolt also hit a six off Gayle's bowling. Curtly Ambrose, a former West Indies fast-bowling champion, was another bowler to be jealous of Bolt's speed.

Bolt said after speaking with Australian cricketer Shane Warne, that if he had time off, he would be interested in playing in the cricket Big Bash League. Clint Cooper, the Melbourne Stars' chief executive, said he had free spots on his team, so he was hoping for them. Bolt said he loved the Twenty20/20 version of the game, adoreing the game's active and constant nature. "I don't know how good I am," he said of his own abilities. I'll probably have to do a lot of exercise."

Bolt is also a fan of Manchester United's Premier League football team. He has confirmed that he is a fan of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. Bolt was a special guest of Manchester United in London for the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final, where he said he would play for them after he retired.

Bolt appeared in the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game in 2013. He got two points from a slam dunk, but said his other basketball skills were lacking.

Bolt said he wanted to play as a professional footballer after being released from track and field in an interview with Decca Aitkenhead of The Guardian in November 2016. If given a chance, he reiterated his desire to play for Manchester United and said, "For me, if I could play for Manchester United, it would be like a dream come true." Yes, that would be epic.

Bolt played for the club as a forward in a friendly match against the Norway national under-19 team in 2018. In allusion to his 100 m world record, he wore the number "9.58" in allusion to his 100 m world record. During Soccer Aid 2018 at Old Trafford, Bolt wore the same number whilst captaining the World XI.

Bolt started training with the Australian club Central Coast Mariners of the A-League on August 21, 2018, his 32nd birthday. On September 31, 2018, he made his friendly debut for the club as a substitute against a Central Coast Select team, as a result of a group of players from the local area. He started in a friendly against amateur club Macarthur South West United and scored two goals, both in the second half, with his goal celebration featuring his signature "To Di World" pose.

Bolt's two-year contract with Maltese club Valletta ended on October 18, 2018. Bolt was given a contract by the Mariners on October 21. The Australian FA was assisting the Mariners in funding it. Bolt's ability was criticized later that month, with Andy Keogh of Perth Glory describing his first touch as "like a trampoline." Bolt has "shown a little bit of promise," he said, but "the pros in the league have a little bit of a kick in the teeth."

Bolt left the Mariners in early November 2018 after eight weeks with the team. Bolt said in January 2019 that his "sports life is over" and that he did not want to pursue a career in football.

Bolt, a Green Bay Packers fan, said in July 2021 that he may have considered a career as a wide receiver in the National Football League had the legislation on violent tackles related to concussions had been tightened'back in the day' as they were before. If he had switched to gridiron football, he'd be worried that he'd been a high-priced victim for a lot of heavy hits, which had pushed him back from his enthusiasm to try the sport. He also felt secure that even though he was injured and resigned, he would still be the league's fastest player.

Bolt's athletic career culminated in three Olympic gold medals, titled I Am Bolt, which was released in the United Kingdom on November 28. Benjamin Turner and Gabe Turner produced the film.

Bolt tested positive for COVID-19 on August 24, 2020, and then went into self-isolation in his house. He was asymptomatic, according to his. Bolt was tested on August 22, the day after celebrating his 34th birthday with a party in which guests did not wear face masks. Coincidentally, the guests at the party danced in an open field to Jamaican reggae singer Koffee's "Lockdown."

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Professional athletics career

Bolt turned pro in 2004, beginning with the CARIFTA Games in Bermuda under new coach Fitz Coleman's direction. He became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 meters in under 20 seconds, setting a world junior record in the 2004 CARIFTA Games for the second time. Bolt's hopes of qualifying in the 2004 World Junior Championships were shattered, but the Jamaican Olympic team was also selected for the Jamaican Olympic team after suffering a hamstring injury in May. Bolt is entering the Athens Olympics with a calm attitude and a new record on his side. However, he was handicapped by a leg injury and was disqualified in the first round of the 200 meters with a disappointing time of 21.05 seconds, but Trelawny fought them all, insisting that he was content to remain in his homeland of Jamaica. Bolt instead opted for the University of Technology, Jamaica, for his educational training ground, sticking with the university's track and weight room that had served him well in his amateur years.

Bolt's 2005 debutante in the form of a new coach, Glen Mills, and a fresh approach to athletics. Mills embraced Bolt's abilities and vowed to abandon what he saw as an unprofessional approach to the game. Bolt began training with Mills in preparation for the forthcoming athletics season, partnering with more experienced sprinters such as Kim Collins and Dwain Chambers. He started off the year with a bang in July, knocking more than a second off the 200 m CAC Championship record by a sprint of 20.03 seconds, then set a new personal record in London's Crystal Palace, winning in 19.99 s.

Bolt was awaited at the next big event, the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, by Misfortune. Bolt said that both his work ethic and athleticism had much improved since the 2004 Olympics, and that the World Championships would be a way to live up to anticipation, saying, "I really want to make up for what happened in Athens." Everything will hopefully fall into place," says the author. Bolt qualified under 21 years old, but he sustained an injury in the final, ending in last place in a time of 26.27 s, and the eighteen-year-old Bolt had not demonstrated his potential in major world athletics tournaments. Nonetheless, his appearance made him the youngest person to participate in a 200-meter world final. Bolt was involved in a car accident in November in November, and although he sustained only minor facial injuries, his training program was still upset. Bolt's training was less frequent, and he fully recovered the following week. Norman Peart, his boss at the time, made Bolt's training less effective, but he had never recovered completely. Bolt continued to develop his skills, and he reached the top-five rankings in 2005 and 2006. Bolt will be pushed to run longer sprinting distances by Peart and Mills, with the intention of making the 400 meter event their primary event by 2007 or 2008. Bolt was less enthusiastic, and he wanted to feel secure in his sprinting. In March 2006, he sustained another hamstring injury, causing him to withdraw from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and he did not return to track events until May. Bolt was given new training sessions to improve agility after his recuperation, and plans to move him up to the 400 meters event were put on hold.

Bolt's main event when he returned to action, and he beat Justin Gatlin's record in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Bolt had hoped to run under twenty seconds to set a season-best run, but the weather had hampered his preparation, so he was content to call it a draw. However, a sub-20-second finish was soon to him as he set a new personal record of 19.88 s at the 2006 Athletissima Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, finishing second behind Xavier Carter and Tyson Gay for a bronze medal. Bolt had honed his athletics goals, claiming that 2006 was a year to gain knowledge. He was also keen on running longer distances, so he planned to run in both 200 m and 400 m events in the next two years.

Bolt earned his first major world medal in Stuttgart, Germany, two months later at the IAAF World Athletics Final. He reached the finish line in 20.10 seconds, earning a bronze medal in the process. Bolt's first senior international silver medal was awarded at the IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece. Wallace Spearmon from the United States won gold in 19.87 s, a new record in the United States, over Bolt's respectable time of 19.96 s. He wanted to run in the 100 meters, but Mills was suspicious, thinking Bolt was more suitable for middle distances. The runner's difficulty in launching out of the blocks and bad habits, such as looking back at opponents in sprints, was cited by the coach. Mills told Bolt that if he beaten the 200 meters national record, he'd run the shorter distance. He ran 19.75 s in the 200 meters, beating Don Quarrie's record of 36 years old Jamaican records by 0.1 s.

Mills accepted Bolt's challenge to run in the 100 meters, and he was allowed to attend the spectacle at the 23rd Vardinoyiannia meeting in Rethymno, Crete. He took the gold medal in a time of 10.03 seconds in his debut tournament, fueling his anticipation for the challenge.

He based on his success at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, winning a silver medal. Bolt did a maximum of 19.91 mph (1.8 mph) with a headwind of 0.8 m/s (2.9 km/h). Tyson Gay won the competition in 19.76 seconds, a new championship record.

Bolt was a member of the silver medal relay team, alongside Asafa Powell, Marvin Anderson, and Nesta Carter in the 4100 meters relay. Bolt did not win any gold medals at the major tournaments in 2007, but Mills argued that Bolt's technique had been much improved, indicating changes in Bolt's balance at the turns over 200 meters and an increase in stride frequency, giving him more fuel to go.

Bolt's ardent, more mature approach to his career boosted him with the silver medals from the 2007 Osaka World Championships, as he took a more serious, more mature approach to his career. Bolt continued to grow in the 100 m., and he's decided to compete in the Jamaica Invitational in Kingston. Bolt ran in 9.76 seconds (6.5 mph) tail wind on May 3, 2008, the second fastest legal result in the event's history, second only to compatriot Asafa Powell's record of 9.74 s set the previous year in Rieti, Italy. Tyson Gay praised the result, particularly for Bolt's form and technique. Michael Johnson followed the run and said he was amazed how quickly Bolt had increased over the 100 meter distance. The Jamaican surprised even himself with the time, but coach Glen Mills was confident that more would come.

Bolt set a new world record at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City on May 31. He rode 9.72 miles per hour (3.8 mph) with a tailwind of 1.7 m/s (6.1 km/h; 3.8 mph). Bolt's fifth senior 100 m. Gay won second place, but Bolt said, "It seemed that his knees were going to go past my face." Bolt seemed to have a psychological advantage over fellow Olympic candidate Gay, according to commentators.

Bolt denied allegations that he was a lazy celebrity in June 2008, saying that the allegations were unjustified and that he worked hard to achieve his potential. However, he maintained that such remarks arose from his lack of enthusiasm for the 400 meters event; he did not want to train for that distance. Bolt, who was pushing his limits to the 200 meters, proved he could do well in two events, first setting the world-leading time in Ostrava and then smashing the national record in Athens, Greece, with a 19.67 finish. Although Mills still preferred that Bolt remained a focus on the longer distances, Bolt's acceptance of Bolt's request to run in the 100 meter distance aided both sprinter and trainer. Bolt was more focused on preparations and had a training program to raise his top speed and stamina, as well as his 100 m and 200 meters times.

Bolt competed in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the Beijing Summer Olympics, a double-up. He was the favorite to win both races as the new 100 m world record holder. Michael Johnson, the 200 million-meter record holder, backed the sprinter, saying he didn't believe that a lack of knowledge would go against him. Bolt qualified for the 100 m final with times of 9.92 s and 9.85 s, respectively.

Bolt broke new ground in the Olympic 100 m final (16 August), winning in 9.69 s (unofficially 9.683 s), but he was also able to celebrate after finishing in 9.89 s, and his shoelace was untied. Bolt's coach said that based on Bolt's fast start, he may have set a record of 9.52 seconds. Bolt may have finished in 9.55 percent, rather than slowed to celebrate until the finishing line, considering factors such as Bolt's rank, acceleration, and speed in comparison to second-place finisher Thompson.

Bolt said that setting a world record was not a priority for him, and that winning the gold medal, Jamaica's first of the 2008 Games. Kriss Akabusi, an Olympic medalist, construed Bolt's chest slapping before the finish line as showboating, noting that the proceedings cost Bolt a much quicker time than ever before. The Jamaican's behavior, according to IOC President Jacques Rogge, were also disrespectful. Bolt denied that this was the point of his celebration by saying, "I wasn't bragging." I was just happy when I discovered I wasn't covered." Bolt's commemoration was appropriate given the circumstances surrounding his victory, according to Lamine Diack, president of the IAAF. Edmund Bartlett, the Jamaican government minister, defended Bolt's actions, saying, "We have to see it in the glory of their time and give it to them." We need to let youth's personality emerge."

Bolt then concentrated on winning a gold medal in the 200m event, aiming to imitate Carl Lewis' double victory in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Bolt would win gold, according to Michael Johnson, but he still believes that his own world record of 19.32, which was set at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, will remain unchanged at the Olympics. Bolt breezed through the first and second rounds of the 200 meters, jogging towards the end of his run both times. He won his semi-final and advanced to the final as the favorite to win. Don Quarrie, a former Jamaican sprinter, praised Bolt, saying he was positive that Johnson's record could be demolished. Despite the fact that Bolt was stopped by a 0.9 m/s (2.0 mph) headwind, he won Jamaica's fourth gold of the Games on the following day, a new world and Olympic record of 19.30 s. Johnson's record fell on the following day. Since the introduction of electronic timing, Quarrie made him the first sprinter to hold both 100 m and 200 m world records simultaneously, the first to hold both records since the introduction of electronic timing. In addition, Bolt became the first sprinter to record both records at the same Olympics. Bolt sprinted hard all the way to the finish line in the 200 m race, even dipping his chest to increase his time. "Happy Birthday" was played over the stadium's sound system as his 22nd birthday celebrations would begin at midnight.

Bolt ran in the third leg of the Jamaican 4 x 100 meters relay team two days later, taking his gold medal number to three. Bolt set a new world and Olympic record on Sunday, defeating previous records by three-tenths of a second. Powell, who anchored the team to the finish line, regretted the loss of his 100m to Bolt but showed no animosity against his Jamaican neighbor, who said he was thrilled to help him set his third world record. When a blood sample collected from Carter after the race was retested and found positive for a banned drug, the Jamaican relay teammates were stripped of their gold medals. Bolt contributed US$50,000 to the children of Sichuan province in China, who were harmed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Bolt's record-breaking runs led to not only praise his achievements but also to speculate about his potential to be one of the world's most popular sprinters. Critics lauded his Olympic triumph as a new start in a sport that had long been stung by high-profile heroin scandals. Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin were stripped of their 100 m world records in the last six years, with Marion Jones winning three Olympic gold medals. After drug testing revealed banned substances in their bodies, all three sprinters were disqualified from athletics. Bolt's record-breaking performances sparked suspicion among some commentators, including Victor Conte, and the absence of an independent Caribbean anti-doping federation sparked further worries. Glen Mills (Bolt's coach) and Herb Elliott (the Jamaican athletics team doctor) had vehemently denied the allegations of drug use. Elliott, a member of the IAAF's anti-doping commission, pleaded with those worried about the issue that "come down and see our program, come down and see our results; we have nothing to hide." Mills had been similarly ardent that Bolt was a clean athlete, stating to the Jamaica Gleaner, "We will test this time, any day, any part of the body...[he] doesn't even like to take vitamins." Bolt said he had been tested four times prior to the Olympics, and that none of them had failed for banned drugs. He also urged anti-doping authorities to check him to ensure he was healthy, saying, "We work hard and we do well, and we know we're safe."

Bolt played in the 'F Golden League', beginning in Weltklasse Zürich at the end of the 2008 athletics season. Despite getting off to a slow start in the 100 m run and Asafa Powell's time record, it was still one of the top-fifteen 100 m finishes by any sprinter to date. Bolt confessed that he was not running at full strength because he was sick of a cold, but he concentrated on winning the race and ending the season with good energy. Bolt finished his second-fastest 200 meters in Lausanne in 19.63 seconds, equaling Xavier Carter's time record. However, it was the 100 m final, starring Asafa Powell, that attracted the most attention. Powell had stepped closer to Bolt's world record after setting a new personal record of 9.72 s, reaffirming his status as Bolt's top contender. Bolt's last game of the season took place three days later in Brussels, where he reached the Golden League final. This was the first 100 meters run in the Olympics, with both Bolt and Powell competing in the final. Both Jamaicans broke the track record, but Bolt came out on top in 9.77 seconds, beating Powell by 0.06 seconds, but it wasn't as smooth as it did in Beijing. Bolt got off to a rocky start in the nine events and was forced to recover ground under freezing weather and a 2.2 mph (2.0 mph) headwind. Nonetheless, the findings revealed Jamaican dominance in the 100 meter, with nine of the ten-fastest legal times ever recorded by either Bolt or Powell.

Bolt was honoured at a homecoming celebration and was given an Order of Distinction in recognition of his participation in the Olympics. In addition, Bolt was chosen as the year's best male Athlete of the Year, received a Special Olympic Award for his performances, and was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. Bolt shifted his attention to upcoming events, implying that he may try to smash the 400 meters world record in 2010 if no major championships were scheduled that year.

Bolt began the season in the 400 meters in the hopes of improving his speed, winning two races and registering 45.54 s in Kingston, and in windy weather, earning his first sub-ten seconds finish of the season in the 100 m in March. Bolt sustained minor leg injuries in a car accident in late April. However, he recovered quickly after minor surgery and (after canceling a track meet in Jamaica), he declared that he was fit to compete in the 150 meters street race at the Manchester Great City Games. Bolt won the 100 and 200m races at the Jamaican national championships in 14.35 s, the fastest time ever recorded for 150 meters. He had registered for both events at the 2009 World Championships, which meant he had qualified for both events. Bolt's 100 m record was within his grasp, according to competitor Tyson Gay, but Bolt denied it and said instead that he was more concerned with Asafa Powell's return from injury. Bolt ran 19.59 seconds into a 3.2 mph (2.0 mph) headwind and rain at the Athletissima meet in July, a hundredth off Gay's record of over 200 m.

The 2009 World Championships were held in Berlin in August, which was coincidentally the same month and venue where Jesse Owens had risen to international prominence 73 years ago. Bolt began to throwl in the 100-degree heats, clocking the fastest pre-final run of 9.89 seconds. Bolt and Gay met for the first time this season, and Bolt set a new world record—which holds true to this day — winning his first World Championship gold medal in 9.58 seconds. Bolt came less than a tenth of a second off his previous record, and the biggest-ever leap in the 100-meter world record since the time of electronic timing began. Gay set a record-breaking Beijing time in 9.71 seconds, just 0.02 s off Bolt's 9.69 world record run.

Despite Gay's withdrawal from the second run of the competition, Bolt set a new world record in the 200 meters final. He set a new personal record in 0.1 seconds by 0.11 seconds and finished in 19.19 seconds. Despite the fact that three other competitors ran under 19.90 seconds in the 200 m race, he won the 200 meters race by the largest margin in World Championships history, the most ever in the event. Bolt's speed impressed even the most experienced of his opponents; third-placed Wallace Spearmon praised his speed; and the Olympic champion in Athens (2004) Shawn Crawford said, "I felt like I was in a video game." Bolt said that his good start to the races had a lot more success than those he had posted in his world record runs at the Beijing Olympics. However, he and other members of Jamaica's 4100 m relay team fell short of their own world record of 37.10 s set at the 2008 Summer Olympics by 37.31 seconds, which is both a championship record and the second fastest time in history at that time.

Bolt was shown that "one can tear down walls that had been considered insurmountable" on the last day of the Berlin Championships, according to a small ceremony. The nearly three-ton section was donated to the Jamaica Military Museum in Kingston.

Bolt was the first man to run over 9 meters in 100 and 200 meters, according to Mike Powell, the world record holder in long jump (8.95 meters set in 1991). For the second year in a row, he was selected as the IAAF World Athlete of the Year.

Bolt ran 19.56 seconds in the 200 meters in Kingston, Jamaica, the fourth fastest run of all time, early in the 2010 outdoor season, but he denied having no record breaking hopes for the forthcoming season. He returned to the international circuit in East Asia at the Colorful Daepionships Meeting and then a convincing win in his first IAAF Diamond League debut at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in 2010. At the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Bolt attempted to smash Michael Johnson's record in the rarely contested 300 meters run event. He struggled to meet Johnson's ten-year-old record of 30.85 and suffered a setback in that his 30.97-second run in wet weather had left him with an Achilles tendon problem.

Bolt won in Lausanne (9.82 seconds) and a landslide victory over Asafa Powell at Meeting Areva in Paris (9.84 seconds) after recovering from injury a month later. Despite his form, he suffered only in his second defeat of his career in a 100 m final at the DN Galan. Tyson Gay had a run in 9.84 to Bolt's 9.97 seconds, and the Jamaican sluggish off in training early in the season, but Gay was more prepared and in a better shape. Bolt's first defeat to Gay in the 100 m, which coincidentally occurred in the same stadium where Powell defeated Bolt for the first time two years ago.

Bolt went undefeated over 100 m and 200 meters in 2011's season. In May, he began winning in Rome and Ostrava. He ran his first 200 meters in over a year in Oslo in June, and his time of 19.86 seconds was a world record set. Two more 200 meters wins in Paris and Stockholm came in the next month, as did a 100 m in Monaco, but he was a tenth of a second slower pace than compatriot Asafa Powell during the world championships.

Bolt was disqualified from the final at the 2011 World Championships in Dael, breaking "ridiculously early" and getting a false start, according to the narrator, who was considered the favorite to win in the 100 meters. This was the first significant disqualification for a false start after the IAAF changed the rules that had previously permitted one false start per race. Former world champion Kim Collins said it was "a sad night for athletics" after some were disqualified, prompting others to question the new regime. Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt's countryman, won in a much more comfortable 9.92 seconds.

Bolt rode through the final of the World Championships 200 m., finishing in 19.40 seconds. Despite that this was less than his world record times of the two previous major tournaments, it was the fourth fastest run at that point, after his own records and Michael Johnson's former record, leaving him three tenths of a second behind runner-up Walter Dix. Bolt was one of the only two men to win consecutive 200 m world championships, alongside Calvin Smith. Bolt claimed another gold medal with Jamaica in the 4 100 meters relay, which brought him to an end. Nesta Carter and Michael Frater of the United Kingdom defeated Bolt and Blake to record a new world record time of 37.04.

Bolt took the 100 m to victory in Zagreb in 9.85 seconds at the Memorial Van Damme in the year's fastest time of 9.76 seconds. This run was overshadowed by Jamaican rival Blake's incredible run of 19.26 seconds in the 200 meters at the same time, bringing him within seven hundredths of Bolt's world record. Despite winning the Diamond Race in a particular way, Bolt was not disqualified on the 2011 IAAF Diamond League circuit, winning three consecutive titles in each of his specialties that year.

Bolt ran in 9.82 seconds in May in the 2012 season, the fastest 100 m time in the 2012 series. In Rome and 9.79 in Oslo, he defeated Asafa Powell in 9.76 seconds. He lost to Yohan Blake, first in the 200 meters and then in the 100 m, with his younger brother recording the highest times for the year.

However, he took the 100 meters gold medal in 9.63 seconds at the 2012 London Olympics, improving on his own Olympic record and duplicateing his gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Blake was the silver medalist in a time of 9.75 seconds. Trinidad and Tobago's seventh-place finisher Richard Thompson said, "There's no doubt he's the best sprinter of all time," while USA Today referred to Bolt as a Jamaican "national hero," despite the fact that his victory came just hours before Jamaica was scheduled to commemorate the United Kingdom's 50th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom. Bolt became the first man to successfully defend an Olympic sprint title since Carl Lewis in 1988.

Bolt finished his Olympic 200 meters title with a time of 19.32 seconds, followed by Blake at 19.41 and Warren Weir at 19.84 to complete a Jamaican podium sweep. Bolt became the first man to defend both the 100 meter and 200 m Olympic sprint championships in history. Bolt's victory in the final meters of the 200m run sparked his detractors, and after crossing the line he obtained five push-ups, one for each of his Olympic gold medals.

Bolt was a member of the Jamaica gold medal-winning 4100 meters relay team, as well as Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, and Blake on the final day of the 2012 Olympic athletics. They took their first world record from 2011, a time of 36.84 seconds. He honoured Mo Farah's "Mobot" anniversary by inciting the host country's long-distance track double.

Bolt was not a "legend" and did not merit such acclaim until the end of his career, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but later named him the world's best sprinter. Following the Olympics, he was named as the highest earning track and field athlete in history.

Bolt ended his season with victories on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit, including 19.58 and 19.66 in Lausanne and Zürich before concluding with a 100 m of 9.86 in Brussels. In the 100 m. m., the former champion claimed his first Diamond League title.

Bolt had his first major 100 m run of 2013 at the Golden Gala in June, but did not record below ten seconds early in the season. Justin Gatlin's unexpected demise, winning 9.94 to Bolt's 9.95. Bolt denied it was due to a hamstring injury he suffered early this year, but Gatlin replied: "I don't know how many people have defeated Bolt but it's an honor." Bolt won the Jamaican 100 meters championship ahead of Kemar Bailey-Cole and skipped the 200 m, which was won by Warren Weir, despite Yohan Blake's injury. Bolt set world record times in the sprints before the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, with 9.85 for the 100 m in Paris and 19.73 for the 200 m.

Bolt regained prominence by winning the World Championships 100 meters in Moscow. He beat Gatlin by eight hundredths of a second in wet conditions, with 9.77, the fastest run that year. Gatlin was the only non-Jamaican in the top five, with Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade, and Bailey-Cole finishing next.

In the 200 m final, Bolt was less favored. Warren Weir, the Jamaican champion, finished in 19.66 seconds over a tenth of a second clear, but Bolt came in last in 19.66. Bolt became the first man to win three gold medals in the distance at the World Championships in Athletics for the first time in the history of the 200 meters at the World Championships in Athletics.

Bolt captured his third straight world relay gold medal in the 4 100 meters relay final, making him the most popular athlete in the 30-year history of the world championships. Bolt's anchor leg reached the finish line on his anchor leg three tenths of a second ahead of the American team anchored by Gatlin. The Jamaican team, which included four of the top five from the 100 m final, were comfortable winners. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce matched Bolt's results on the women's team, ensuring that Jamaica won a landslide of the sprint medals at the 2013 World Championships.

Bolt won the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit in Zürich and Brussels, after the championships. He stayed undefeated in the 200 meters, and his only loss of the year was to Gatlin over 100 meters in Rome. Bolt was named IAAF World Male Athlete of the Year for the fifth time in six years.

Bolt's hamstring injury in March 2014 forced him to miss nine weeks of training. Bolt competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after recovering from surgery. Bolt said he was at the Games for the fans and to demonstrate his progress since the injury. Bolt and his coworkers won the 4 100 meters relay in 37.58 seconds, a Commonwealth Games record. Given that there were no Olympics or World Championships in 2014, this was Bolt's best competition of the year.

Bolt set the indoor 100 m world record in Warsaw in August 2014 in 9.98 seconds. This was his sole individual out of the 2014 season. He ended his season early in order to be ready for the 2015 season right away. Justin Gatlin had dominated the sprints, running the year's fastest times, with seven of the top ten 100 m runs of the season in Bolt's absence.

He planned to make the 2017 World Championships in Athletics his last major competition before retirement at the start of 2015.

Bolt was a reduced figure at the start of the 2015 season when recovering from injury. He ran only two 100 meters and three 200 meters before the big championship was declared. He took the 200m and 20.20 seconds in New York and Ostrava, but his season's best time of 20.13 seconds ranked him 20th in the world going into the championships. Both 100 meters runs in London in July were on full throttle, but Justin Gatlin was arguably the fastest sprinter in comparison, clocking 9.74 and 19.57 seconds and running under 9.8 seconds on four occasions this season. Bolt was aiming for his sprint titles in the World Championships, but he wasn't the most popular favorite he hadn't been since 2008.

Bolt won in the World Championships 100 meters in 9.96, putting a 93 seconds down on Gatlin's semi-final victory in 9.77 seconds. However, Gatlin did not match that form in the final, though Bolt advanced to the rounds. Bolt led Gatlin 9.79 to 9.80 seconds in a narrow victory. Bolt gained world recognition for his work with Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene.

In the 200 m World finals, a similar result was achieved. Gatlin defeated Bolt in the semi-finals, beating the Jamaican in 19.95 and the American at 19.87. Bolt ran in the final in 19.55 seconds, despite such poor conditions leading up to Beijing. Gatlin struggled to peak at his early season form and finished second only almost two-tenths of a second behind Bolt. Bolt's four straight victories over 200 meters at the World Championships made him the best sprinter at the tournament ever.

With the Jamaica team, it was also their fourth straight victory in the 4 100 meters relay (Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt). The Americans had a lead when they were first disqualified, but Jamaica maintained their position in 37.36 seconds, beating the Chinese team who earned a surprise silver for the host nation.

Conscious of his injuries at the start of the season, he did not participate in the World Championships, avoiding the 2015 IAAF Diamond League final.

Bolt won the 200 meters before the Olympics, taking his only note over the distance. He had four races over 100 meters, but only one was in Europe, and his best of 9.88 seconds in Kingston ranked him fifth in the world seasonal rankings. Gatlin seemed to be in better form this season, achieving personal records of 9.80 and 19.75 seconds to finish first and second in the sprints. Bolt said he had no problem with being drug-tested in Beijing before the 2016 Rio Olympics, and he had no problem with doing drug testing: "I have no problem with being drug-tested"; "I remember testing us every other day." "I really bothered me" after rival Tyson Gay's reduced ban on cooperation, despite their close rivalry from the start of Bolt's career.

Bolt took the 100 meters gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 9.81 seconds. Bolt became the first person to win the tournament three times at the Olympic Games with this triumph. Bolt won the 200 meters with a gold medal, making him the first man to win the 200 meters three times at the Olympic Games. Bolt was the anchor leg of the 4 100 m relay finals and claimed his third consecutive and last Olympic gold medal in the event. Bolt earned the "triple" in three consecutive Olympics, three sprinting gold medals, and finished his Olympic career with a 100 percent win record in finals. Bolt was disqualified of the Beijing Games' 4 100 relay gold in January 2017 because his colleague Nesta Carter was found guilty of a doping offence.

Bolt took part in a recent Australia-based track and field meeting series named Nitro Athletics. He attended the inaugural meet in February 2017 and led his team (Bolt All-Stars) to victory. The competition featured a variety of traditional track and field events. He committed himself to three new iterations.

In 2017, the Jamaican team was disqualified for doping offenses, owing to Nesta Carter's disqualification. Bolt, a dope test pass, was quoted by the BBC as having to return the gold was "heartbreaking." The banned ingredient in Carter's experiment was found to be methylhexanamine, a nasal decongestant commonly used in diet supplements.

Bolt beat his heat in his semi-finals at 9.98, but Christian Coleman defeated him by 0.01. Bolt won the bronze medal in 9.95, 0.1 behind silver medalist Coleman and 0.03 behind World Champion Justin Gatlin, breaking Bolt's four-year winning streak in the 100 m. It was the first time Bolt had been defeated at a major championship since the 2007 World Athletic Championships' 4100 meter relay. Bolt was also on the 2017 World Athletics Championships as the anchor runner for Jamaica's 4100-meter relay team in both heats and the final. Jamaica thrashed Jamaica in 37.95 seconds, winning their heat by a landslide. Bolt collapsed to the track after what was later revealed to be another hamstring injury. He refused a wheelchair and crossed the finish line one last time with the help of his coworkers Omar McLeod, Julian Forte, and Yohan Blake.

Bolt was unveiled in his honour at the National Stadium in Kingston on December 3rd, 2017 after his 2017 debut. The statue depicts him in his iconic "lightning bolt" pose.

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