CONGRATULATIONS TO USAIN BOLT. Well done Usain Bolt.
By winning the double – double in both the sprints – 100 Mtrs and 200 mtrs., Husain Bolt has created a new world record and thru it he created a history which will be very difficult to repeat though not impossible.
When American Jim Haines ran 100 mtrs. Sprint in 1968 in 9.9 seconds it was hailed as a record which was considered as unbreakable. But soon came Russian Valeri Bhorzov who was followed by Canadian Powell and he was followed by American Carl Lewis.
Most of the sprint pundits thought all the above named Olympian sprinters will go down in the history as legends but in Jamaican Usain Bolt a new living legend was born. His current timings in both the sprints would surely be better than what he achieved if he did not slow down a few metres before the final line taking victory for granted with ease.
Normally sprinters are tense at the starting point but in Usain Bolt there was no tense moment. He started his races with ease and ended also with ease. This type of attitude is unique in sprinter and Usain Bolt has this uniqueness which he oenly displayed.
Being myself an ace athlete in Sixties in Goa winning both the 100 and 200 mtres sprints in Goa at All Goa School level and winning an individual championship creating a record for Goa in 100 metres sprint, I know how difficult it is to maintain top level in sprints. Compared to Usain Bolt I am nothing and being nothing I found it very difficult to attain what little I attained at Goa level only. In this case what tremendous sacrifices Usain Bolt must have not done to create this world record? What great efforts he must have not put in to reach to the current level? While practicing he must have tortured his body with advanced scientific methods of training with the help of topmost dietician and medical practioner.
Jamaica is a small country with a population of around 3.5 million and achieving such a big success in the Olympics means really a great achievement. If it was not for Usain Bolt Jamaica as a sovereign nation would not be known to the greater part of this planet. It is Usain Bolt who made Jamaica more popular than any other Jamaican. Though he achieved so much yet he acts so humble.
Congratulations to Jamaica and all its athletics mad people who solidly stood behind Usain Bolt and their other athletes taking part in the current Olympics 2012 in London which will remain synonym with Usain Bolt.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
