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The Lightning Bolt Road Show!!
Socapro:
As the World’s Fastest Man sprints around the globe making various charity appearances and giving interviews, etc, I've decided to create a thread featuring these appearances and what he has to say on various T&F topics so here goes!
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Usain-Bolt-talks-rivals-at-charity-event
Usain Bolt talks rivals at charity event
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS, USA (AP) — Usain Bolt said he was kidding when he said "all the tutoring stopped" after training partner Yohan Blake ran the 200 metres in 19.26 seconds earlier this month.
http://www.youtube.com/v/NKXhPIQe9Xk
"I was laughing when I actually said it," Bolt said yesterday.
Blake's time in a meet at Brussels was the second fastest 200 in history, just 0.07 seconds off Bolt's world record.
Bolt was in California to raise US$100,000 for his foundation and talked about his false start at the world championships and his plans between now and next summer's London Olympics.
Bolt said he believes people are looking for controversy.
He and Blake are countrymen, and some believe it's Blake who's Bolt's toughest competition in London.
Bolt said it wasn't true.
"Everything's right with me and Blake," he said before calling Blake "the future of Jamaica. He's the one. ... If he beats me, so be it. I don't want him to."
Bolt said no one in particular is his biggest rival and that he doesn't focus on any single competitor.
"First they said it was Tyson Gay, and then they said it was Asafa Powell. Then all of a sudden, they said it's Blake," Bolt said.
"You can't focus your energy on one person, and then they drop out. What do you do? I focus on the seven people in the lanes with me."
Bolt also looked back at last month's default out of the 100 metres in Daegu, South Korea, for jumping the gun, an event that caused him to rethink the sport's policy of disqualifying anyone who false starts.
He said it never was a problem for him because he had never done it before.
Now, "they really should go back to one false start and charge it to the field. It's easier. Somebody makes one mistake and everybody can relax."
Up next for Bolt is a vacation to Las Vegas this weekend, a place he has never visited.
Training for the Olympics begins next month. Once the Olympics come, he has a goal: not just run fast enough to win the gold medal, but to amaze and leave everyone awestruck.
"I want to go to the Olympics and wow people," he said. "I want to be a legend."
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http://www.trackalerts.com/news/5799-gay-faces-difficult-times-next-season-bolt
Gay faces difficult times next season - Bolt
Wednesday, 28 September 2011 15:16 By Anthony Foster, anthonyfos@gmail.com
Usain Bolt, the 100 and 200 metres record holder, said it's going to be very hard for Tyson Gay when he returns to the track next year.
In June, Gay, the second-fastest man in history, pulled out of the US Championships, which ended his 2011 season. Gay's manager Mark Wetmore confirmed at the time that the American record holder was forced to withdraw from the championships after he was unable to warm up due to a hip and adductor problem on his right side.
This Bolt hinted is no simple injury, which forced him to come to the conclusion that things may not be the same on his return.
"I've been listening around, and I think it's going to be really hard for Tyson. Coming back from a hip injury … I think he's still in rehab now and will be in rehab for a while. I just think it's going to be very hard for him to come back next year."
Gay beat Bolt in the men's 200m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, but lost the Berlin World Champs 100m to the Jamaican.
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Usain Bolt: 'Tyson Gay hates my guts' (2010 Interview) :laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/v/Agip3HTUReI
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Usain Bolt working on possible 9.4x for 100m @ London Olympics!
http://www.youtube.com/NR/1/v/IzEJ9Slw4TA
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http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/archives/bbc1_acquires_usain_bolt_documentary/#comments
BBC1 Acquires Usain Bolt Documentary
Posted at 7:40 pm on October 4, 201
Titled Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive, the two-part 2-hour long documentary centered on the Olympic and World 100 meter record holder, has been picked up by BBC1.
Director Gael Leiblang has been following Bolt around over the last year (and will continue to do so), filming him exclusively as he prepares for the London 2012 Olympics, intimately in his home environment with his relatives, friends and coach (part 1, available in early 2012), as well as the lead up to the 2012 Olympics, as Bolt prepares for the games, and eventually participates in them (part 2, available immediately after the 2012 Olympics).
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