Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt has been the fastest man in the world for the past two years. The Jamaican sprinter continues to receive accolades and honors for his dominance of the 100 meter and 200 meter races in men's track and field. Some of his achievements and latest news, videos and images are found on this page. His summer 2010 race schedule is on the sidebar.

Withdraws from the Adidas Grand Prix in New York scheduled for June 12th due to injuryhttp://www.runblogrun.com/2010/05/usain-bolt-withdraws-from-adidas-grand-prix-from-meet-organizers-note-by-larry-eder.html

May 23rd in Shanghai - Usain Bolt ran a relatively slow 200m in 19.76 seconds in the Diamond League meet - well off his 19.19 world record.http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/other_sports/general/view/20100523usain_bolt__cruises_to_victory_in_200_meters_in_shanghai/srvc=home&position=recent

The first 100 meter race of the season was Wednesday May 19th at the 2010 Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting. Usain Bolt won the men's 100 m in 9.86 seconds.http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/05/20/2010052000880.html A few days earlier Tyson Gay set the world record in a straight 200 meter race in Manchester with a time of 19.41 seconds.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article7128384.ece

Usain Bolt ran the fourth fastest 200 meters race in 19.56 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational on May 1st.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iDMVQcr629y_aE2uK4ukPPLv_ukwD9FEK7VO0

Racing with Usain Bolt - a game on the Puma website http://www.puma.com/runningJspContent/boltGame/

The Penn Relays featured the "USA versus the World" 4x100-meter relay on April 24th. Usain Bolt anchored the Jamaican team to victory to a meet record of 37.90 seconds.http://speedendurance.com/2010/04/24/usain-bolt-penn-relays-video-4x100-meters/ His anchor leg was reported at 8.79 seconds. The start of the race was delayed for two minutes as the crowd chanted "Jamaica".http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/sports/25penn.html

The showdown for men's sprinters in 2010 will bring Usain Bolt, Asafa Powelll and Tyson Gay together in the Men’s 100m at the Brussels IAAF Diamond League on 27 August 2010.http://www.overthelimitentertainment.com/profiles/blogs/report-009-big-clash-with

Usain Bolt will test out a longer distance with his entry in the 300-meter event at the Golden Spike event May 27 in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava.http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDxWl4ldgGiZWzraK2eX0jrnmm0A

Usain Bolt should consider the 400 meter and long jump events. Athletes and sports scientists believe he has the physique to set records in these events as well in addition to his world records in the 100 meter and 200 meter distance.http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Bolt-and-the-400m-dilemma http://engineeringsport.co.uk/2010/03/03/how-far-could-usain-bolt-jump/ He would only do so if necessary to become a "legend in sport".http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/04/23/bolt.ap/index.html

Usain Bolt - winner for second time in a row of the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awardshttp://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4043&Itemid=186

Usain Bolt running a 6.67 second 100 meter (reaching 40 miles per hour)? Impossible? Possible according to biomechanics expert Dr. Matthew Bundle.http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2010/01/26/2010-01-26_humans_are_biologically_capabable_of_running_up_to_40_mph_study.html

An attempt made to set up a race between Chris Johnson, running back of the NFL Tennessee Titans and Usain Bolt to see who was the fastest man on earth. The negotiations broke down over the distance.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4794525

Track and field promoters have tried to get Usain Bolt to appear in Australia this year (2010) but don't have sufficient resources to do so.http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs/balls/experiencing-boltmania-is-priceless/20100121-mm6n.html

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the world record for the 200-meter race, coming in at 19.19 seconds at the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin on August 20, 2009.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/bolt-smashes-another-record/article1258750/

Usain Bolt easily broke his own record on August 16, 2008, while competing in the same event in the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 9.69 seconds.

August 20, 2008: Bolt broke the 200-meter world record with a time of 19.3 seconds and on August 22, the Jamaican team won the 4X100 relay, also breaking a 13-year-old world record with a time of 37.10 seconds.SI.com: Bolt helps Jamaica win... (August 22, 2008)

August 16, 2009: Bolt broke the 100-meter world record with a time of 9.58 seconds at the world championship in Berlin.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt broke the world record for the 200-meter race, coming in at 19.19 seconds at the World Track and Field Championships in Berlin on August 20, 2009.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/bolt-smashes-another-record/article1258750/

He set the last record on May 31, 2008, at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York City with a time of 9.72 seconds.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112071518 He reached a speed of 37.6 kilometers per hour - see the TimeTric graphic for how much faster he has been compared to previous world record holders.http://byline.timetric.com/2009/08/16/lightning-bolt/

Bolt began competing in track and field internationally in 2002 and took home gold medals at the IAAF/Coca Cola World Junior Championshipsin the 200 meter event and at the Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships in the 200 and 400 meter events. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but finished the 200 meter event in fifth place. Also in 2004, Bolt broke the world junior record for the 200 meter sprint at 19.93 seconds. He competed with the Jamaican team at the IAAF World Championships in 2005, finishing last, and again in 2007, earning a silver medal.

• 2002: IAAF/Coca Cola World Junior Championships, gold medal 200 m
• 2002: Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships, gold medal 200 m and 400 m
• 2003: IAAF World Youth Championships, gold medal 200 m, silver medal 400 m
• 2004: Summer Olympics
• 2005: IAAF World Championships, eighth place 200 m
• 2006: IAAF World Athletics Final, bronze medal 200 m
• 2006: IAAF World Cup, silver medal 200 m
• 2007: IAAF World Championships, silver medal 200 m
• 2008: Reebok Grand Prix, broke the 100 m world record
• 2008: Summer Olympics, gold medals and world records 100 m and 200 m
• 2009: IAAF World Championships, gold medal 100 m, 200 m

"I think the record is going to end up at 9.4 something and then it's going to be stuck there a long time. It will be hard to break. But you never really know. Anything is possible."http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/mar/30/usain-bolt-warns-world-sprinters Usain Bolt - April 2010

"We made it official on New Year's. I actually spent New Year's in Jamaica because he requested that I come down so we could spend New Year's together." Taneish Simpson in the Herald Sunhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/taneish-simpson-and-usain-bolt-are-an-item/story-e6frf96o-1225828918171

To be 6ft-5in (1.96m) and run like that, he's a freak of nature ... The way he gets out of the blocks like that, like a 5ft-9in person. t's like you're taking two or three strides and he's taking one ... Oh my god. He's something else. What American sprinter Mike Rodgers was quoted in admiration of Usain Bolthttp://www.inform.com/article/Sprinter%20Rodgers%20targets%20London%20Games%20success>/ref>

There is Twitter/blog traffic that began on February 9 that says Usain Bolt and Lava are dating. Lava (real name Taniesh Simpson) is on the show "For the Love of Ray J".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Love_of_Ray_J_%28season_2%29 (see video below of Taniesh Simpson) http://southernxposuremodels.com/2009/10/taneish-simpson-aka-lava-is-on-for-the-love-of-ray-j-2.html The latest blog posting says that Ray J wasn't happy to find out about it.http://hellobeautiful.com/your-world/news-gossip/sweet-sweetback/usain-bolt-gets-one-of-ray-js-girls-via-google/ http://www.bourgy.com/wordpress/2010/02/09/lava-dating-usain-bolt-picture/ According to Taniesh, she started dating Usain on New Year's Eve.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/taneish-simpson-and-usain-bolt-are-an-item/story-e6frf96o-1225828918171

On April 12, 2009, Usain was quoted in a German newspaper saying "When you're a child in Jamaica you learn how to roll a joint." On April 14, 2009, Usain apologized to the Jamaican people, saying he didin't personally use marijuana and urging young people to stay away from drugs.ESPN Star: Bolt says sorry to Jamaica (April 14, 2009)

NBC Universal Sports male athlete of the decade honor http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_14109088

Los Angeles Times World Athlete of the Year 2009 http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-hersh-awards31-2009dec31,0,7165306.story

TIme Magazine Person of the Year 2009 Runnerup http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946375_1947252_1947644,00.html 2009 IAAF Athlete of the Year http://www.examiner.com/x-26177-Albany-Running-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Bolt-and-Richards-win-IAAF-Athlete-of-the-Year-awards

See the Usain Bolt ESPN SportsCenter commercial - a slow day at work (below) http://www.pumarunning.com/usain-bolt-this-is-sportscenter-commercial

Withdraws from Asian meets despite $500,000 fee from Korean meet http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/09/10/athletics.usain.bolt.korea.daegu/

Next 100m race: ?

Next 200m race: July 8 - Athletissima in Lausanne, Switzerlandhttp://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100503/sports/sports2.html

Usain expected to compete in the following 2010 Diamond League events (a set of 14): Shanghai, New York (June 12) (withdrawn), Paris (July 16), and Brussels (August 27)http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/more/04/23/bolt.ap/index.html http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100503/sports/sports2.html

Cancelled Races: New York (June 12)

Only 300m race:http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100503/sports/sports2.html May 27 - Golden Spike - Ostrava in meet record 30.97 seconds

Playing crickethttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/10/usain-bolt-cricket-track-and-field.html

Football (soccer)http://www.soccer365.com/world_cup/story_20510222927.php