There is a saying on the world sprint track: "There are two kinds of people on the sprint track, one is Jamaican and the other is the other." ”
Jamaica is located in the northwest of the Atlantic Caribbean Sea, is the third largest island in the Caribbean, here is economically backward, material scarcity, crime rate is extremely high, once the largest base of pirates of the Caribbean, but they have the free and unrestrained character of Caribbean people, their sprinting sports make people bloody.
One
On August 21, 1986, Bolt was born in an ordinary family in the small town of Sherwood Contante, Jamaica, his father was a grocery store owner and his mother was a tailor.
Once Bolt filled his father's most beloved hat with cotton and played it as a soccer ball, and when his father found out, he wanted to teach the bear child a hard lesson, only to find that he couldn't catch up at all.
In his youth, Bolt was tall and long-armed, athleticism was unusual, there was a cricket game, the physical education teacher found that Bolt's lower limbs moved particularly fast, so, at the suggestion of the physical education teacher, his father sent Bolt to the sports school where he practiced sprinting, but Bolt was bohemian, always lazy, refused to practice, and did not want to listen to the coach, and at this time his father owed a debt because of the grocery store business, so his mother began to help others carry sacks during the day and help others as tailors at night, in order to raise money, The mother even secretly went to sell blood, but nevertheless, on the day Bolt was 12 years old, his mother gave Bolt a pair of sprint shoes, embroidered a red heart on them, and told Bolt: "Son, these running shoes are unique in the world, and they contain my love for you." ”
Two
Since then, everything has been different, Bolt turned on the crazy training mode, starting 20 kilometers a day, improving rapidly, along with the improvement of his height and arm span, the height once grew to 1.95 meters, arm length comparable to Jordan, if not for the practice of track and field, Bolt may be a dazzling basketball star in the history of basketball.
However, such physical talent is considered by experts to be not suitable for sprinting, long limbs, poor physical coordination, his coach has repeatedly persuaded Bolt to play basketball or volleyball, because the national sport has no background in this area, Bolt eventually insisted on practicing athletics, however, Bolt gave up the 100-meter dash and focused on the 200-meter and 400-meter dash.
Three years later, Bolt dominated the Caribbean with the 200-meter and 400-meter dash, and in 2002, Bolt dominated the World Youth Championship with the 200-meter dash, Bolt can be described as the peak of his debut, an unearthly genius, just when everyone was thinking about Bolt's future infinitely, Bolt's life suddenly fell to the bottom.
In 2004, Athens Olympics, Greece, only 18-year-old Bolt was unfortunately slumped in the first round of the 200-meter knockout round, missing the next round, this loss was particularly hard for the young Bolt, Bolt took a long time to get out of the injury, the next year Bolt was injured again in the foot, the outside world began to question Bolt is a "glass man" physique, his career will not be too long, and at this time Bolt's heart is tormented, once wanted to give up his sports career, Bolt was sluggish for a long time, Can't get out at all,
Three
It wasn't until 2007 that a decision by Usain Bolt completely changed all that, and the world sprint entered the Usain era. Bolt told the coach: "Coach, I'm going to practice 100 meters. The coach did not agree, but asked Bolt to break the Jamaican national team's all-time record of 200 meters before allowing Bolt to practice the 100-meter dash. After half a year of hard training, Bolt finally ran a good time of 19.75 seconds at the Jamaica Championships, breaking the 19.86 seconds set by Quarry in 1970, Bolt was allowed to train 100 meters, but Bolt because of the long limbs, swing frequency is relatively slow, the first 30 meters is a complete disadvantage, so Bolt began to practice the first 30 meters, training is extremely boring, practice himself again and again to vomit, just for a chance to prove himself.
In 2008, the Beijing Olympic 100-meter final flyer battle, Bolt broke the world record with a time of 9.69 seconds, in order to respond to the doubts of the outside world, and in the last 10 meters staged the classic picture of looking back at the moon, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, 4 days later, Bolt broke the 200-meter historical record again, 2 days later, Bolt broke the 4×100-meter record, Beijing Olympics Bolt ended perfectly with 3 gold medals and 3 world records. At just 22 years old, Bolt created an unparalleled myth in the history of athletics at the Beijing Olympics, from a questioned "glass man" to an international sports superstar, but this is only the beginning of the Bolt era.
Bolt often habitually plays football a few days before the big game, because it allows him to better relax his mood, Bolt's enthusiasm for football even surpasses sprinting, once Bolt in order to hurry home to watch Manchester United game, due to the speed of the car, the genius Bolt almost fell, this car accident caused Bolt left foot injury, after 4 months of treatment and recuperation, felt faster than before.
In 2009, the Berlin World Championships, Bolt with the first 30 meters of extraordinary performance, with a record of 9.58 seconds again broke the 100-meter world record, so far no one can shake, not only that, Bolt with a record of 19.19 seconds again set a new 200 meters world record, this record has not been shaken, this Berlin World Championships, Bolt won 3 gold medals and 2 world records, such a peak Bolt fell in the uncompetitive Daegu World Championships.
In 2011, at the World Championships in Daegu, Guy and Powell withdrew due to injury, and the 100-meter championship did not have any suspense at all, but Bolt rushed to run, although Bolt easily won the 200m and 4×100m championships, but this competition has always been a nightmare for Bolt, the nightmare has not yet dissipated, injuries are everywhere, but Bolt has faced the biggest challenge of his career.
In 2012, the 100-meter five tigers gathered at the London Olympics, which can be called the strongest team in history. Bolt won the championship in 9.63 seconds and set an Olympic record, Blake won silver in 9.75 seconds, Gatling won silver in 9.79 seconds, and Guy 9.8 seconds, missed the medal, no surprise, this Olympic Bolt won three more gold medals, 2013 Moscow World Championships Bolt won three more gold medals, 2015 Beijing World Championships won three more gold medals, Rio 2016 Olympic Games won another three gold medals, career 9 gold medals, 11 world championships, thus becoming a sprint track legend.
Four
In 2017, at the Kingston Competitors Track and Field Championships in Jamaica, Bolt completed the last stop of his career, Bolt did not make a deliberate slowdown at the last moment, after the first breakthrough of the finish, he knelt and leaned over, leaving an affectionate kiss on the sprint track that ruled for nearly 10 years, Kingston's fireworks, his farewell battle decoration colorful, is the end, and the beginning of a new career.
In 2018, Bolt finally played his beloved football and constantly tried to make his life an art, but the story of Jamaican Lightning Bolt is not over, his story has influenced generations of sports enthusiasts.