Usain Bolt he combines speed, gold medals and charisma on levels that are beyond debate when it comes to who is the greatest athlete in history. What happened to him in the great Olympic sport, athletics, and in his ‘queen’ test, the 100 meters, so in his case the conclusion is undeniable: as long as there are other great tartan heroes, Usain Bolt is the best athlete ever and also included Michael Jordan, Leo Messi, Michael Phelps either Tiger Woods shares a select group of the best athletes of all time.
Show, media focus, marketing, the fastest man in landall this and more combines the pure sprint of athletics, the 100-meter dash dominated by the Jamaican for many years with the unique gift of the chosen ones that also allowed him to extend his radius of action in 200.
Bolt multiplied his achievements during a magnificent decade (2007-2017), but on August 16 and 20, 2009, the greatness of his figure was finally condensed by achieving two world records in five days as beautiful as they were in their day. 8.90 meters of Bob Beamon in the long jump Games in Mexico’68.
In 1991, 23 years later, Mike Powell (8.95) broke that record, but Beamon’s mystique remains intact with those 8.90s that will remain immortal. Something similar will happen to Bolt if one day someone breaks those two legendary records that many people know: 9.58 in the 100 meters and 19.19 in the 200. He also holds the 4×100 meter record with 36.84.
His three Olympic triplets (2008, 2012, 2016) were broken years later by a positive Nesta Carter which forced Jamaica to return the gold in 2008. It does have three world triples (2009, 2013, 2015) which would have been four if not for the false start that disqualified the final 100 in Daegu’2011perhaps the only significant mole in his career.
This Friday, August 12, marks the fifth anniversary of his last race. It should be a farewell in style 4×100 London World Cup 2017, but a pulled muscle scuppered his medal bid and he writhed in pain on the track. Days before, he finished third in the 100 meters with 9.95, beaten by the Americans justin gatlin (9″92) and Christian Coleman (9″94).
It was an unfair farewell to an unparalleled career, but he avoided the matter himself. “Losses are part of a career, but that does not detract from what I have achieved in my life. After losing the 100m, something reminded me that Muhammad Ali He also ended his career with a loss and is still one of the best,” said the Jamaican.
Source: La Verdad
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