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Rowbottom, Mike (2 June 2008). " 'Lightning' Bolt storms to record in 100 metres". The Independent. UK. Archived from the original on 5 June 2008 . Retrieved 20 August 2008. Bolt completed a total of 53 wind-legal sub-10-second performances in the 100m during his career, with his first coming on 3 May 2008 and his last on 5 August 2017 at the World Championships. His longest undefeated streak in the 200m was in 17 finals, lasting from 12 June 2008 to 3 September 2011. He also had a win-streak covering 14 100m finals from 16 August 2008 to 16 July 2010. [339] Guinness World Records Foster, Anthony (17 March 2009). "Jarrett looking to produce some winners at Bolt's school". Jamaica Star. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013 . Retrieved 6 August 2012. Bergeson, Samantha (21 July 2021). "Usain Bolt Hints That Daughter Olympia Could Follow in His Olympics Footsteps". E Online. Entertainment Television, LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023 . Retrieved 4 February 2023. Lightning Bolt blows over Gayle". BBC News. 19 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017.

An eight-time Olympic gold medallist, Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory. Bolt is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, David Storl, and Kirani James) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event. Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson recognised Bolt's talent and arranged for him to move to Kingston, along with Jermaine Gonzales, so he could train with the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) at the University of Technology, Jamaica. [25] Rise to prominenceSoms bokt of misdraagt het paard zich omdat hij je iets duidelijk probeert te maken. Het is belangrijk om naar je paard te luisteren want vaak probeert hij gewoon aan te geven dat er iets mis is. Een andere reden kan zijn dat hij te veel energie heeft. Zelfs het braafste paard kan bokken als hij te veel energie heeft. In dit geval kan je je paard longeren totdat hij wat energie kwijt is. Bolt competed in his final Jamaican High School Championships in 2003. He broke the 200 m and 400 m records with times of 20.25 s and 45.35 s, respectively. Bolt's runs were a significant improvement upon the previous records, beating the 200 m best by more than half a second and the 400 m record by almost a second. [1] Bolt improved upon the 200 m time three months later, setting the former World youth best at the 2003 Pan American Junior Championships. [44] The 400 m time remains No. 6 on the all-time youth list, surpassed only once since, by future Olympic champion Kirani James. [45]

A similar outcome followed in the 200m World finals. In the semi-final, Gatlin outpaced Bolt – the Jamaican at 19.95 and the American at 19.87. Despite such slow times prior to Beijing, Bolt delivered in the final with his fifth fastest run ever for the 200m at 19.55 seconds. Gatlin failed to reach his early season form and finished almost two-tenths of a second behind Bolt. Bolt's four consecutive wins over 200m at the World Championships was unprecedented and established him clearly as the best ever sprinter at the competition. [226] Beijing Olympics 2008 – Results 100 metres men's finals – Quarter finals". IAAF. 16 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 28 November 2013. A documentary film based on the athletic life of Bolt to win three Olympic gold medals, titled I Am Bolt, was released on 28 November 2016 in United Kingdom. The film was directed by Benjamin Turner and Gabe Turner. [288] [289] Infection with COVID-19 a b c d "100 Metres All Time". IAAF. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011 . Retrieved 18 June 2011.Bolt then focused on attaining a gold medal in the 200 m event, aiming to emulate Carl Lewis' double win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. [101] Michael Johnson felt that Bolt would easily win gold but believed that his own world record of 19.32 s set at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta would remain intact at the Olympics. [102] Bolt eased through the first and second rounds of the 200 m, jogging towards the end of his run both times. [103] He won his semi-final and progressed to the final as the favourite to win. [104] Retired Jamaican sprinter Don Quarrie praised Bolt, saying he was confident that Johnson's record could be beaten. [43] The following day, at the final, he won Jamaica's fourth gold of the Games, setting a new world and Olympic record of 19.30 s. [105] Johnson's record fell despite the fact that Bolt was impeded by a 0.9 m/s (3.2km/h; 2.0mph) headwind. The feat made him the first sprinter since Quarrie to hold both 100 m and 200 m world records simultaneously and the first to hold both records since the introduction of electronic timing. [105] [106] Furthermore, Bolt became the first sprinter to break both records at the same Olympics. [107] Unlike in the 100 m final, Bolt sprinted hard all the way to the finishing line in the 200 m race, even dipping his chest to improve his time. [108] Following the race, " Happy Birthday" was played over the stadium's sound system as his 22nd birthday would begin at midnight. [108] Draag een lange dressuurzweep bij je. Als het paard bokt, geef je hem een tik op de schouder met de zweep. Uiteindelijk zal het paard bij het zien van de zweep niet meer bokken, omdat hij de zweep associeert met iets een onplezierig gevoel tijdens het bokken. Bolt improved upon his second 100m world record of 9.69 with 9.58 seconds in 2009 – the biggest improvement since the start of electronic timing. He has twice broken the 200 metres world record, setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009. He has helped Jamaica to three 4 × 100 metres relay world records, with the current record being 36.84 seconds set in 2012. Bolt's most successful event is the 200 m, with three Olympic and four World titles. The 2008 Olympics was his international debut over 100m; he had earlier won numerous 200m medals (including 2007 World Championship silver) and held the world under-20 and world under-18 records for the event until being surpassed by Erriyon Knighton in 2021. Bolt's Best Moment - Junior World Championships 2002 | I AM BOLT". 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020 . Retrieved 16 October 2019– via YouTube.