March 2009

Christiano Ronaldo asks world champion Usain Bolt to help him improve his speed!

FIFA World Player of the Year, Christiano Ronaldo, and the fastest man on the planer, Usain Bolt,  will be working together this summer according to Usain Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms. He states that it is not a commercial trick but that the whole thing developed out of Usain Bolts passion for football.

Usain Bolt collects signed t-shirts from various stars and as Usain Bolt is a big fan of Christiano Ronaldo he sent him a message asking for a signed t-shirt.

As it turned out, Christiano Ronaldo is a big fan of Usain Bolt and asked him to for a little favour in exchange for the signed t-shirt. Ronaldo is asking Usain Bolt for advice on how to improve his own speeds on the football pitch.

Usain Bolt has agreed to fly to Machester for a training session and a date will be set when Usain Bolt is in Europe competing.

Results the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics ,Kingston, Jamaica

1st Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.93 sec

2nd Daniel Bailey ,  Antigua and Barbuda,  10.08 sec

Read the full article about the race!

Usain Bolt runs his first 100m of the year in at the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics ,Kingston, Jamaica

Usain Bolt and Daniel Bailey running 100 m at the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics ,Kingston, Jamaica first 100m race of the year 2009

Usain Bolt ran his first 100m race this year in his hometown Spanish Town, Jamaica. With a headwind of plus 2.3 and the competition of Daniel Bailey of Antigua, Usain Bolt won the race in 9.93 seconds. This was was Usain Bolt’s third competitive individual event this year following two 400 metres triumphs.

Usain Bolt was trailing begind Daniel Bailey most of the race until there was approximately 10 meters until the finish line, when Usain Bolt caught up and won. Usain Bolt was one of the seven participants, running in lane four.

Usain Bolt was happy with his race, and ran the same meeting last year in 10.03 seconds. He told reporters “It’s a good time, based on the stage that my training is at and I am feeling alright. It was really a good race; I missed a lot of training so I am trying to get it right “.

Bolt is running his next 100 m race Jamaica International Invitational meeting in Kingston on May 2 and was not planning to participate  in the Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster College Classics meeting. He told reporters “I am not sure what I am going to do from here. I am just starting my speed work, so we’ll see how it goes from here”