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Usain Bolt saddened by his first coach Pablo McNeil’s passing
July 6, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Usain Bolt first coach passed away
Usain Bolt record holder was sad to find out that his first high school coach Pablo McNeil’s passed away at the age of 71 from a long term illness in the Falmouth hospital. Pablo McNeil was himself a former sprinter and helped Usain Bolt early in his career. Usain Bolt was coached by Pablo McNeil to win a World Junioir title at the age of 15 and wished him good luck as he joined Jamaica’s High Performance Training Centre in Kingston. All the information about his early years in the Usain Bolt Book!
Bolt who is currently in Europe expressed his condolences in a release:
“I am saddened by the passing of one of my first coaches in high school, Pablo McNeil. Coach McNeil was a part of my early track and field life. I appreciate all he sought to pass on to me. I would like to offer my condolences and sympathies to his family and close friends.”
Usain Bolts coach at the moment is Glen Mills who has coached Bolt to several world records and gold medals.
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Tyson Gay injured-Usain Bolt’s training goes on!
June 28, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Usain Bolt will keep training!
Usain Bolt world record holder has no plans of slowing down training even though his rival Tyson Gay is injured! Gay injured his hip and abduction and will not take part in the 2011 World Championships or any other world trial meets. Even though Gay was the only man to beat Bolt last year, Bolt is training hard to kick ass at this year’s World Championships in in Daegu, South Korea and said
“My schedule and build up for the world championship will not change, I will not relax at all, as I know and expect strong challenges from even my own teammates in Jamaica and the Caribbean.”
Though Usain Bolt is training hard for the 2011 World Championships his very focused on the London Olympics in 2012 and told press:
“My programme even for this season is taking a broad look with London in mind”
The world record holder has only competed in three races so far this season and is keen on defending is record and world titles and with his coming race in Paris the Diamond League Bolt said:
“I have a few more races to go, with the first being in Paris on July 8, and my coach and I are making sure that I will be ready for the rest of the season,” Bolt said.
Usain Bolt will not compete in London 2011 due to UK tax laws!
June 21, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Usain Bolt has decided not to take part in the Grand Prix events at Crystal Palace or Birmingham this summer due to UK tax laws. All international athletes who take part in competitions held in Britain are taxed 50% on their appearance fee winnings and a proportion of their worldwide endorsement earnings which has made the world record holder Usain Bolt to back out. The UK tax laws would instead of making Usain Bolt earnmoney make him loose money earned at the competitions.
Usain Bolt will instead take compete at the Olympic Games in London in 2012 as fortunately the Olympics are exempt from these tax rules. We look forward to seeing Bolt in other competitions worldwide. Keep an eye out for Usain Bolts Coming Races section!
Official Results 200m men Bislett Games, Samsung Diamond League
Usain Bolt wins 200m in Oslo, here are the official results for men 200m
Athlete Nat Mark
1 Usain Bolt JAM 19.86
2 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 20.43
3 Mario Forsythe JAM 20.49
4 Kim Collins SKN 20.56
5 Christian Malcolm GBR 20.57
6 Sebastian Ernst GER 20.70
7 Patrick van Luijk NED 20.73
8 Brian Dzingai ZIM 20.88
Usain Bolt wins 200m in Oslo
June 9, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
Usain Bolt won the 200m race in Oslo during the rainy Bislett Games with a fantastic 19.86 seconds setting his fastest time in 2011 in front of a very enthusiastic crowd. This was Usain Bolt’s first 200m victory of the season and Usain Bolt crossed the finish line several meters ahead of his competitors. This race was the 5th of the Samsung Diamond League.
Competition was not strong and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure finishing in second in 20.43 seconds and Mario Forsythe finishing third in 20.49 seconds. Christian Malcolm from Whaled ran in 20.57 seconds in a season’s best finishing fifth. Even though Usain Bolt was not close to his world record 19.19 set at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009 he still beat all his opponents making the crowd cheer. To show people that he was getting back to business, Bolt said “I was never out of business,” winning the 200m in Oslo in 19.86seconds. “I think business was just slow.”
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