The fastest man in the world

Jamaican runner Nesta Carter convicted of doping, according to the press service of the IOC. His sample from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after being rechecked, tested positive for the banned drug methylhexanamine. In this regard, the result of the Jamaican team in the 4x100 relay was canceled. Jamaicans won gold medals in this discipline in Beijing. In addition to Carter, the team included Michael Frater, Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt. All of them are deprived of their medals and must return them. Bolt will thus have eight Olympic gold medals left. We give a number of facts about the great runner, which he cited in his autobiography.

Friends call Bolt VJ.

The Jamaican started running 100 meters quite by accident. In late 2007, coach Glen Mills told Bolt that he needed a second distance. And hinted at 400 m. "What? 400 m? Forget it! Maybe try 100 m?" The coach just laughed. Like, with such big legs and a slow start, you shouldn’t even think about it. “Give me one chance. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll be doing the 400 all next season. But if I run, say, 10.30, then we’ll train a hundred,” Bolt asked, and Mills unexpectedly agreed. At the competitions in Rethymno, Bolt went to the start as the last fight. "Come on, old man," the Jamaican urged himself on. Usain won with a score of 10.03. Who would have thought then that this dispute would become a major milestone in the history of world athletics.

In the spring of 2008 in Kingston, Bolt already showed a result of 9.76. He ran the 100m in 41 steps, while everyone else took 43-45. A month later, in New York, Usain set his first world record - 9.72.

Bolt often drives barefoot. So he likes it.

Bolt has been running very fast since childhood. But in Valdencia there was a boy who constantly overtook him. "I've been accelerating for ages," Usain recalls. Once, a teacher at one of the school races told Bolt that if he overtakes Ricardo Geddes, he will treat him to dinner. The future champion finished first.

Bolt still calls himself a sissy. As a child, he only cried when he upset her.

Bolt's father was a manager in one of the rural coffee companies. Mom worked as a dressmaker. Of course, the son already in childhood learned to impose a border, sew and pin the fabric with pins. His father thought Usain was very lazy.

Bolt's parents got married when he was 12.

As a child, Bolt often skipped workouts and went to play video games with friends.

Bolt ran distances from 100 to 1500 m. But when he saw how Michael Johnson won the 200 m world record at the Olympic Games-96, he caught fire at this particular distance.

At the age of 13, he came up with a mantra for rivals: "I will overtake you in a big race, you will not beat me again." She uses it to this day.

Already at the age of 14, Bolt and his close friend NJ spent a lot of time thinking about tactics. It was thanks to this that the Jamaican won the first high-profile victory in his career, beating stronger opponents in the 400 m at the national competitions in Kingston. “VJ,” NJ urged Bolt, “if you try hard on the first turn, it can unsettle Germeny Gonzalez. Your excellent start will confuse him, confuse him, and he will start to pull steps. When he loses his technique, you need to take the lead on yourself. And you will win." And so it happened.

At the age of 14, Bolt first came to compete in Europe. In Hungary, he failed to express himself clearly. Although he set a personal record for 200 m - 21.73. His most vivid memory from the trip is going to the supermarket. Usain had never tasted soda before and drank a whole bottle in one gulp. “The bubbles were everywhere! In my mouth, in my throat, in my nose. It seemed to me that they were even in my ears,” recalls Usain.

The next year, Bolt already showed a result of 20.60. When the coach told him that this was the sixth time in the world at his age, he was wildly upset. He flatly refused to go to the junior world championship. Mom persuaded. There he won. He also took medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relay races. “After that, the attitude towards me changed dramatically. At some point, I started dating three girls at the same time. Only then did I feel like a real man,” Bolt said.

That same summer, he set a junior world record of 20.13.

Bolt once tried smoking a joint. The impressions were as follows: "After the first puff, I realized that I was not Bob Marley."

At the age of 17, Bolt was called by many American universities. He refused for several reasons. The main thing - I did not want to go far from my mother.

After school, Usain went to train in Kingston, where at first he went to clubs almost every night. Bolt loves to dance. After a while, all the capital's guards knew him.

In Kingston, Bolt began training with Fitz Coleman. Usain felt uncomfortable from the first session. He was drawn to the group to Glenn Mills. In late 2003, Bolt approached him and told him that he wanted to work on his program. Mills looked at Bolt with an expression on his face as if he were crazy, and walked by without saying a word. In the years to come, Usain would see that expression more than once.

In 2004, Bolt ran the 200m in 20 seconds for the first time - in Kingston he clocked 19.93.

In the same year, the famous German doctor Hans Müller-Wohlfart examined Bolt and found that he had a severe curvature of the spine. The athlete's right leg is half an inch shorter than the left.

Few people remember, but Bolt participated in the Olympic Games in Athens. True, there he did not even manage to reach the semi-finals in the 200m race. Shortly after that, Mills agreed to take Usain into his group. "You are very talented," the new coach told him. "We have a lot of work to do and in three or four years something can work out." Mills took control not only of the training process, but of Bolt's entire life.

In 2006 and early 2007, Bolt concentrated on commercial tournaments. I really wanted to buy a car for my father and a sports car for myself.

After the first medal at the World Championships - silver in Osaka 2007 - Bolt came to the coach's room at two in the morning. He had only one question: "Why did I lose?". Mills replied that it was due to absenteeism from the training hall. Up to the Olympic Games in Beijing, Usain did not miss a single workout.

In the Olympic Village in Beijing, Bolt, due to intolerance to Asian food, ate almost nothing but fast food. I once ate two boxes of chicken nuggets for breakfast, one for lunch, and two for dinner. Each box contained 20 pieces. At night, he got hungry again, woke up his roommate, and together they went to get a new box. “Yes, I consumed an average of 100 nuggets a day. I think I should have been given a gold medal for gluttony,” the great sprinter states.

The President of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, criticized Bolt for victoriously throwing up his hands a few meters before the finish line in the 100-meter final in Beijing 2008. Say, thereby the Jamaican showed disrespect for his opponents.

Shortly after Bolt's first Olympic triumph, Didier Drogba expressed his admiration for the Jamaican during a chance encounter. Oh shit, he watched my races, Usain thought to himself. And a week later in Los Angeles, Sandra Bullock and Heidi Klum approached him ...

After a world record set at the World Championships in Berlin, Bolt hosted a "9.58 Super Party" in Jamaica. Even Asafa Powell came.

2008 Usain BOLT at Olympic Beijing. Photo "SE"

On April 29, 2009, Bolt was involved in a serious accident. Third in my life. The car in which he and his girlfriend hurried home in time for the Champions League semi-finals with the participation of his beloved Manchester United was crushed into a "flat cake". Usain and his passenger narrowly escaped serious injury. Mills, having seen photos of the car on the Internet, decided that his student was dead. "I figured out God's plan - to leave me safe and sound to follow the path that he chose for me when I was a child running through the forest in Jamaica. Now my theory has been confirmed," the legend of world sports will say after a while.

About the false start at the World Championships in Daegu-2011, the coach still has not said a single word to Bolt. But after the London Olympics, he assured Usain that he was ready for 9.49.

Usain St. Leo Bolt(English) Usain St. Leo Bolt; genus. August 21, 1986, Sherwood Content, Trelawney County, Jamaica) is a Jamaican sprinter, six-time Olympic champion and eight-time world champion. During his performances, he set 8 world records. The current holder of world records in the 100 (9.58 seconds; Berlin, 2009) and 200 meters (19.19 seconds; Berlin, 2009), as well as in the 4 × 100 meters relay as part of the Jamaican national team (36.84 seconds, London, 2012).

He is the first person in the history of athletics to set world records in three of these distances at one Olympics (Beijing 2008), as well as the first person to win two Olympics in a row (Beijing 2008 and London 2012) distances of 100 and 200 meters. Winner of the most gold Olympic medals in Jamaican history. One of 4 track and field athletes in history to win at least 6 Olympic gold medals (along with Ray Urey, Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis).

According to the results of 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, Bolt was recognized as the best athlete in the world. Cavalier of the Jamaican Order of Dignity (awarded in 2008) and the Order of Jamaica. Jamaica Sportsman of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012.

For his name and achievements, he received the nickname "Lightning" (Eng. Lightning Bolt).

Born in the Trelawny area of ​​Jamaica, he attended William Nibb High School. William Knibb High School). Usain is an Anabaptist.

He is a fan of Manchester United Football Club. In June 2011, Bolt stated that he would like to become a Manchester United player after his track and field career ends. He is fast and he thinks he could be a good player.

In 2012, the clip "Faster than lightning" by Usain Bolt - DJ Steve Porter Remix was released, the main thing in the video sequence is Usain and his performances.

Sports achivments

Won a gold and two silver medals at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston.

Usain won another gold medal at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Sherbrooke, Canada, running the 200m in 20.40 seconds.

In 2004, Bolt ran the 200 m in 19.93 seconds, becoming the first junior to run the 200 m in under 20 seconds, thus improving the previous junior world record held by Daniel Lorenzo.

At the 2007 Jamaican Championships, Bolt ran the race in 19.75 seconds, beating the 36-year-old national record set by Don Quarrie by 0.11 seconds. At the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Bolt won silver in the 200 meters, losing to American Tyson Gay.

On May 3, 2008, Bolt covered the 100m in 9.76 seconds, the second officially recorded achievement in the history of the competition, after the result of his compatriot Asafa Powell. Less than a month later, on May 31, at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, Bolt ran the 100m in 9.72 seconds, setting a new world record, beating Powell's 9.74 seconds.

On August 16, 2008 in Beijing, Bolt, breaking the hundred meters in 9.69 seconds, won the gold medal of the 2008 Olympic Games and set a new world record. Bolt won in beautiful style - after forty meters he was second, but then he added and broke away from his pursuers by several lengths. Experts calculated that Bolt's result could have been even better, because at the end of the distance the athlete slowed down a bit.

On August 20, 2008, Bolt won his second Olympic gold medal by running the 200m in 19.30 seconds, beating Michael Johnson's seemingly eternal world record by 0.02 seconds.

On August 22, 2008, the day after his 22nd birthday, Bolt won his third gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the 4x100m relay with Team Jamaica. At the same time, his team set new world and Olympic records (37.10 seconds).

Bolt is ranked number one in the International Association of Athletics Federations and has twice been awarded the Rising Star Award. The association describes it as "the future of the 200m". Usain is trained by Glenn Mills. Bolt is also currently studying at the Technological University of Jamaica.

On May 17, 2009, Usain Bolt set a new world record in the 150m street race in Manchester - 14.35 seconds. The previous officially recognized achievement was 14.8; it was installed in 1983 by the Olympic champion of Moscow-1980 in the 200 m Italian Pietro Mennea. Noteworthy is the fact that the race was held in pouring rain. Bolt admitted that in such wet and cold weather, he had to "restrain himself" a little. According to him, he prefers not to run in the rain.

On August 16, 2009, at the World Championships in Berlin, he improved his own world record in the 100 meters by 11 hundredths of a second, and on August 20 he improved his world record in the 200 meters by also 11 hundredths of a second. IOC President Jacques Rogge called Bolt a phenomenon in the sport. “Bolt is showing these results because he is a phenomenon in terms of genetics and body composition,” the senior official added.

On August 6, 2010, at a tournament in Stockholm, Bolt suffered his first defeat in two years. He finished second in the 100 meters with a time of 9.97 seconds, behind Tyson Gay of 9.84 seconds. Interestingly, this happened in the same stadium where Bolt last lost to Powell in 2008. After that, Bolt said that due to a back injury, the 2010 season was over for him.

At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, he made a false start at a distance of 100 meters in the final and was disqualified. At a distance twice as long, he won the gold medal with the 4th best result in the history of the world sprint (19.40 seconds), and in the final of the 4 × 100 meters relay, the Jamaican team, for which Bolt ran at the last stage, won gold with a new world record ( 37.04 sec).

At the Jamaican championship, Bolt received two defeats at once from his compatriot Johan Blake, at 100 and 200 meters.

At the 2012 London Olympics, he again won three gold medals, winning the 100m (set a new Olympic record of 9.63 seconds), 200m and the 4x100m relay (Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds). ) and became a six-time Olympic champion. After that, in an ultimatum form, he demanded that the media representatives call him exclusively a “living legend”, threatening not to give an interview if he refused. After the finish of the relay race, Bolt's argument with one of the judges was shown live, who took away the baton from him and did not want to give it away as a souvenir, but later Bolt was nevertheless given the baton as a gift. June 6, 2013, at the stage of the Diamond League Golden Gala suffered the first defeat of the season, losing to American Justin Gatlin, who showed a score of 9.94, while Usain Bolt 9.95. On July 6, 2013, at the 9th stage of the Golden Gala Diamond League in Paris, Bolt showed the best result of the season in the world at a distance of 200 m - 19.73. On July 27, 2013, at Stage 11 of the Diamond League Golden Gala in London, Bolt set a season-leading 100m score of 9.85. At the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow on August 11, 2013, he improved his seasonal result by running 100 meters in fairly heavy rain for 9.77. On August 17, he became the winner at the World Championship and at a distance of 200 m (19.66 s). Bolt's main goal for 2014 is to set a new world record in the 200m.

Running technique

In the 100-meter final of the Beijing Olympics, Bolt recorded a peak speed of 12.2 m / s (43.9 km / h) and an average stride length of 2.6 m. At a distance of 100 meters, he needs to take about 41 steps. This is 2-2.5 steps less than most competitors. A feature of his technique is the low rise of the hips, the transfer of the legs forward in a straight line and a slightly "sitting" body position, which allows the use of additional strength of the pelvis and hips. Bolt's peak speed of 12.27 m/s (44.17 km/h) at 65.03 meters from the start was recorded in the 2009 Berlin Championship final. The separation from rivals in the last third of the 100 m distance is generally Bolt's "calling card". The analysis shows that this is not Bolt accelerating, his speed is also falling, just much less than that of his rivals. In the 150 meters in 2009 with a time of 14.35 s, Bolt achieved the highest average speed of all time over the entire distance, 10.45 m/s.

It is assumed that a third of the muscle fibers of an athlete consists of especially fast cells.

Personal records

Achievements

Interesting Facts

Usain Bolt became a Nissan brand ambassador in June 2012 and later became an honorary "inspirational" director in Nissan's global "What IF_" campaign. One of the areas of cooperation between Bolt and Nissan was the creation of a special version of the GT-R model, called the Premium Edition GT-R Bolt Gold. The car, painted in gold, was originally created for sale at a charity auction. It will have a gold-plated plaque signed by Bolt. Nissan GT-R Bolt Gold exists in a single copy and was sold at auction. In November 2012, Usain Bolt was erected a lifetime monument in Berlin, made of screws and bolts.

Usain Bolt - quotes

If the loser smiles, the winner loses the taste of victory.

There are many haters in this world, but all they can do is hate.

I always ran fast as a child, won many competitions at school. But I seriously realized that I had talent after the World Junior Championships in Kingston, where I excelled in the 200 meters with a score of 20.61 seconds. I was then only 15 years and 332 days old. Until 2010, he was the youngest champion in the history of such forums, until the shot thrower Jackson Gil outstripped me. Many people think that my talent is purely natural, but I hasten to assure you that I had to work long and hard in order to become the Usain Bolt that everyone knows. I could run out of 10 seconds if I didn’t train, but I would never become the king of the sprint and rewrite all the records for myself if I ignored the gym and did not improve my technique.

Oh, I am a man of God and before I go out on the path, I pray to the Lord. I ask that he give me a chance to demonstrate the best that I am capable of. As for the ritual gestures, it's just a way to prepare for the race. I thank God even after the finish, because by his will I am here.

Usain Bolt is the world's most famous runner who set world records and also won the Olympics many times. Usain Bolt's records and his victories weren't easy for him, but his story is very interesting, and for beginner runners.

Usain Bolt's life story

According to many experts who trained Usain Bolt, from a young age he showed excellent results in running, thanks to his great sports potential. In addition, one of the reasons for Usain's success is that already at the beginning of his sports career, well-known coaches were involved in his training, among which Olympian Pablo McNeil was noted.

By the age of 15, young Bolt had won the championship as the youngest junior in 2002 in Jamaica. And although the young athlete was pretty nervous during the race, he managed to win the special race and even get two silver medals. In the next junior championship, Usain defended his title in the 200m, and was even going to go to Paris for his first adult race, but due to conjunctivitis he was forced to postpone the trip.

So the first victories showed the runner that its main direction- This is a hundred and two hundred meters. Therefore, the development of these areas has become a priority, on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, where the athlete decided to take the gold medal.

Usain Bolt: successes and records

The Jamaican athlete nevertheless achieved world recognition by winning the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Here Bolt participated in the 100 and 200 meters. He immediately made history as Bolt finished first and placed new world record. At the same time, he managed to break away significantly and slowed down just before the finish line. Most said that the runner is not yet ready for adult championships, because of his frivolity. Usain commented on this incident in such a way that he was not going to break records, but simply wanted to win the Olympics. Then, at the 200-meter run, Usain also managed to set a new world record and win the second gold in the games. The third gold came to him in the relay race.

It is worth noting that Usain Bolt is the first runner in history to earn gold in both the fastest and 200 meters. At the London Olympics, Usain was able to successfully confirm his titles and success in the relay, but he still could not break world records.

Run like Usain Bolt

Running can be for your body. However, in order not to harm your health and learn how to develop the speed of Usain Bolt, you need to properly and efficiently prepare your workouts. After all, to achieve significant results in running, you need to have certain skills without which nothing will work.

Always start. It allows you to warm up the muscle fibers and stimulates blood circulation. It also reduces the possibility of injury, sprains and so on.

Save energy to make the last push at the finish line. To do this, you need to smoothly and gradually. This is how your training sessions should be built. So you can enjoy training every time, improve your skills along with sports passion, without feeling tired.

It is very important to respect the periods between workouts. Naturally, most beginners want to immediately see the results of their studies, which is why they begin to use various. In fact, they can often have the opposite effect and negatively affect your body.

Many people are interested in knowing how fast a person can run. In order not to engage in speculative calculations, one should turn to the world of sports, namely to athletics. It is worth paying attention to the sprinters. Usain Bolt, who is shown in the 100 m race, performs in this discipline. His records at various distances are recorded in the competition protocols.

Who is Usain Bolt

Perhaps, this name was heard by many even people far from the world of sports. And this is not surprising, because. Usain Bolt, whose maximum speed is 44.72 km / h, is considered the fastest person on the planet. from Jamaica, who runs sprint distances. He showed his best results in the 100-meter race and set several world records. To date, Usain Bolt has risen to the highest step of the podium at the Olympic Games 6 times. In addition, he won 8 times at the world championships.

Biography and sports career

Usain Bolt was born on August 21, 1986 in the small Jamaican town of Sherwood Content. He studied in the most ordinary primary and secondary school. As a child, the future world sports star was seriously fond of cricket. However, during the competition, he was noticed by an athletics coach and saw great speed potential in him. He also advised Usain to take up running. The boy listened to an experienced coach and devoted himself to athletics.

Bolt won the first world level at the World Junior Championships in Kingston at a distance of 200 m. He ran this distance in 20.61 seconds. Two years later, he set the junior world record for this distance - 19.93 seconds.

Since 2008, Usain Bolt has consistently competed at world-class competitions and holds the title of the best athlete in the world and the fastest person on earth. On his account - victories in Beijing (2008) and London (2012), at the world championships in athletics in 2009, 2011 and 2013. The athlete performs at distances of 100 m and 200 m. In addition, he also participates in the 4 x 100 m relay as part of the Jamaican national team.

top scores

Before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Bolt did not run the 100m. The debut brought him world fame, a gold medal and the first world record - 9.69 seconds. From that moment on, the Jamaican athlete was talked about as an extraordinary phenomenon in the world of athletics.

A year later, Bolt improved his result immediately by 0.11 seconds: at the World Championships in Germany, he overcame his “crown” distance in 9.58 seconds.

In addition, Bolt continues to perform successfully at a distance of 200 m. He set a world record at the 2008 Olympics - 19.3 seconds, and at the 2009 World Championship he improved it by 0.11 seconds - 19.19 seconds. This result remains unsurpassed to this day.

Recently, 1 more unofficial record was set by Usain Bolt. The maximum indoor speed was reached by him. As a result, the sprinter covered 100 m in 9.98 seconds. This is the first athlete to run this distance in less than 10 seconds indoors.

What is the reason for the phenomenal success?

All participants, and especially the winners of the Olympics, go through very strict anti-doping control. Based on the results of these checks, Usain Bolt is not taking illegal drugs. Maximum speed is achieved due to the structural features of the body. After winning the Olympics, the Jamaican athlete took part in a number of studies.

The runner is extremely tall for a sprinter (1.96 m), so he can take long steps - up to 2.85 m. The average is 2.44 m. He overcomes the distance in 40-42 steps. His opponents have to move their legs more often. On average, 45-47 steps are taken in the 100-meter race. However, with this growth, slow muscle fibers are usually developed, which gives endurance. However, Bolt has 2/3 fast muscle fibers, which allows him to achieve high speed. On average, a runner takes 254 strides per minute (4.23 str/sec), while Usain Bolt's top speed is 264 str/min (4.4 str/sec). More than half of the time, Bolt was in the flight phase, that is, he did not touch the ground with his feet. Another important factor is the absence of serious injuries, thanks to which the Jamaican can build up his form. All these factors allow him to win the title of the fastest man on the planet.

So what is the speed?

The maximum recorded speed of Usain Bolt at a distance of 100 m is 9.58 seconds. That is, the average pace is 37.58 km / h. However, everyone knows that the sprint can be divided into phases: starting acceleration, distance running, finishing. Bolt showed his maximum speed in the section between 60 and 80 m. He overcame this segment in less than 2 seconds (1.61 seconds). Thus, the maximum speed reached 44.72 km / h (or 12.42 m / s). After that, he began to noticeably slow down. The researchers do not rule out that the result could have been even better if the sprinter had run the last 20 meters at full strength. So, Usain Bolt's top speed is 44.72 km/h.

However, neither the athlete himself nor the track and field researchers doubt that this is not yet the limit of human capabilities. It is possible that after some time the barrier of 9.5 seconds will be left behind.

He scored his first goals in his professional football career. Both goals came in his new club's friendly against MacArthur United. In this game, he entered the field in the starting lineup.

First, Bolt pushed the defender back with his body and fired the ball into the near corner. A little later, he took advantage of the ridiculous actions of the goalkeeper and the defender and scored into an empty net. After which he demonstrated his new victory gesture in the style Jesse Lingard. Not all the time to shoot lightning.

Who is he playing for?

The Olympic champion was hosted by the Central Coast Meriners. The club represents the city of Gosford and competes in the Australian Premier League. The Meriners were founded not so long ago - in 2004, but sometimes they managed to get into the later stages of the playoffs, which include the best teams in the league. Once (in 2013) he even won it.

True, last season the team failed, taking the last 10th place. I didn’t have to fly out - in Australia this is easier. Bolt was not embarrassed by the position of the new club, and in August he signed a contract with him.

Bolt signed with Australian club Central Coast Mariners.

And at the end of the month he made his debut in the main team, coming on as a substitute in the match against Central Coast Select in the 71st minute. Also in a friendly match - with the score 6:1.

Bolt made his debut with the Central Coast Mariners.

Then the coach Mike Mulvey assessed his success with restraint.

“I said that if necessary, we will give him 12 months. But I think it's wiser to draw conclusions about whether there is progress by January."

Why Australia?

To be honest, there wasn't much to choose from. Obsessed with the idea of ​​playing for Manchester United, he began his football career with little understanding of his position. The 32-year-old champion asked for a look at Borussia. In Dortmund, he, of course, did not work out, despite several goals scored in the two-sided.

In parallel, Bolt tried to test a more realistic option with the winner of the African Champions League in 2016 - South Africa's Mamelody Sundowns. Everything went to the signing of the contract, and the club has already hinted at his imminent debut, but this time everything turned out to be just an action. Then Bolt simply put together a team of stars to play a match in support of the fight against AIDS.

After several disappointments, many despaired of seeing him on the field - even after signing a contract with the Australians, he continued to engage in non-football affairs.

But now his page is flashing on Transfermarkt, and it is quite possible that soon the name will finally appear opposite “without club”, and the statistics of goals scored in the profile. The Australian Championship starts in a week.