Last week we saw Usain Bolt front up at a press conference for he world athletics championships wearing a pair of yellow foam arms on his back. Sure he did not need them but it was a marketing gimmick for those in the crowd attempting to strike the pose of the big Jamican. It was a great media conference, he questioned why everyone was always so serious. I just turn up and run fast he said, im here to deliver he said.
So being the avid athletics fan and also having something of a man crush on Bolt that has been sticking around since the Olympics, I got on line and got me some bolt on arms.
But back to Bolt........ though the heats and semis he meandered, never really getting out of first gear. Did not even have to break 10 seconds in his heat - he ran 2nd. A false start in the Semi. He laughed, got back down on the blocks and ran 9.89 - pulling up 50m from the line. All along he said he would deliver in the final. The media were at pains to tell us that Tyson Gay was a legitimate challenger, a man who could beat Bolt, he has run a faster time this season they harped, more consistent etc etc etc.
Cue Mens 100m final.
Time to Deliver.
On the starting blocks the camera settled on Bolt.
He mouths the words "the game is on"
Then this happended
if you missed it - 9.58 seconds.
Quite simply stunning.
Usain Bolt says he will do it. Then he delivers…9.58secs for the 100m is frightening. But then again based on his Olympics win we knew it could happen. Nothing is impossible.
It is like witnessing a force of nature. A gift from God, harnessed, then released.
The saviour of athletics they are calling him.
This man is an icon, he transcends sport.
He is more than a gift from God.
He is a God
He just might end up ursurping Muhammed Ali as "The Greatest"
And im not taking my Bolt Arms off for the next week.
