I Am Bolt Page #2

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about to witness his abdication?

Has Justin Gatlin

and the rest of the world

finally caught the sprint king,

Usain Bolt?

He'll start in five, Gatlin in seven.

American record holder Tyson Gay in six.

Set.

Gun went. I got a good start.

I was like, "Yo, this is good."

Just drive through your drive phases,

drive through, drive through.

At 30 meter I'm like, "Hold on."

"I'm in this race."

I'm like, "Yo, I'm right there."

Gatlin's been running all season

by himself,

but can you handle the pressure

when, at 50 meter,

there's still somebody right there?

We hit 60 meters, and me and Justin,

we start pulling away from the pack.

At 80 meters, I see him

start falling over, and I'm, like,

all I keep telling myself is,

"Listen, do not panic."

Just run through the line

and time this dip because...

because he's falling over and I'm like,

yo, just time this dip perfectly.

Do not dip, do not dip,

and I'm telling myself, do not dip.

I lean. I saw Gatlin, I was like, mm-hmm.

...together here,

it's Gatlin... Here comes Usain Bolt!

And Bolt gets this! Usain Bolt!

He's saved his title!

He's saved his reputation!

He may have even saved his sport!

That's the win...

He's been celebrated so much more

than most others for so many reasons.

That is one of the great historic

moments in the history of sprinting.

Everyone has a responsibility.

Gatlin gets a good start.

He's already up on Zharnel Hughes.

At this point in time, my responsibility

is make that dude run fast.

Usain Bolt is up.

He has a lead over Gatlin.

Can the American come back?

It's an honor to be able to come

out here and put on a great show.

Justin Gatlin is trying to close,

but Bolt's already smiling.

Dare we ever doubt him?

The legend just grows and grows.

What up, people? I'm here. Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt is just unstoppable.

World champion four times

in the 200 meters. That's what I do.

Mr Bolt.

- Address me right.

- Usain Bolt!

Did we ever dare doubt

he would produce yet another double?

Get things done. What ya laughing for?

Ah, you did well.

- We can start planning.

- Me know, man.

It's not as fun as it used to be.

The older I get, the less fun it is,

because it takes up more of your time

and you have to sacrifice a lot more.

Normally I could just party for a while,

enjoy myself, still train hard and good,

but the older you get,

you can't party as much.

Gotta cut back on going out, drinking...

I gotta start eating proper, go to bed

early, stuff like that, and it's...

For me it's no fun and I hate doing

something that I don't really enjoy,

so I just want to get back into

the real world, you know what I mean?

Just hang out with some people I know,

just not train for, like, two days,

put my foot up, laugh, just chill,

you know what I mean?

Go to bed very late,

just to chill out and just be me

and just to be like a human again,

pretty much.

Just rollin' around in the airport.

Watch it, watch it, watch it.

Almost crashed.

Going home. Back to Jamaica.

Big up, big up, big up, big up, big up.

Mr Coach Mills, how are you feeling

after a long, grueling season?

I'm feeling great.

For the first time, he went into a meet

not being favorite to win,

and this is what makes you a champion,

not just winning

when you're favorite to win

but winning the ones

that you're not supposed to win.

We did a great job in establishing

that we are not just talented

and brilliant coaching,

but we have character and quality

that puts us above the rest.

And I know I'm gonna pay for this.

Team, Team Bolt.

Alright, no, Team Mills. I don't know.

This is my passion when I'm not running.

I love to ride quad bikes. It gives you

that same adrenaline when you run.

The only rule is if you take an orange

tree out, you've got to pay for it.

That's the only rule they have here,

so it's just all fun.

Yeah, you know, when Usain

first came on the scene,

he almost threw the rulebook out,

the textbook out the window in a way.

But, you know, that's... Sometimes you

think maybe that's what makes him great.

You know, he often says

he needs his time away from the track.

If he's always focused,

always thinking about running,

always thinking about how to get faster,

then maybe it has

a negative effect on him.

- Ooh.

- Kill 'em!

- Me p*ssy!

- Oh, gosh, boy!

For me, Rio is the biggest thing.

I need to go there

and do what's never been done before,

and that's win three more gold medals

at the Olympics.

I like to set myself apart from the rest,

and I'm setting the standard,

so anybody comes, they say,

"Great athlete comes every ten years,"

so if a great athlete comes in ten years,

he's got a lot of work to do

to surpass me.

So Usain likes to have a small team

around him. I see it like a triangle.

At the top there's Coach Mills,

who's his coach,

who's his second father,

who's the one that makes him run fast.

And then he's got NJ, his best friend,

they grew up together,

they went to school together,

he's become his manager.

And then on the other side

of the triangle is me and our staff.

I actually think NJ is

the most important person in his life.

This is called a food samplings.

I have to sample food

and ensure that it is right for Usain.

So if I drop down, yeah?

I have to sample each food an hour before.

Is it true that you sample everything

for Usain before he...?

No.

I think NJ's the one

that keeps him motivated.

He loves him like a brother.

He would take the bullet for Usain

and I think he plays a huge role.

It's very nice of Ricky to say it, though.

I look at it as a team.

Our role in his life

is to get him in the best

physical condition to the championship,

and once you do that,

he's a supreme, confident, mentally

strong athlete who will take gold.

I'm always telling him the truth.

My... Yeah? And I think that's what

we... why our relationship is good.

It has its, of course, it has its

moments, when he has to get up at six

and he wants his friend to say,

"OK, sleep until ten."

I'm, like, "No, gotta get up at six."

He's like, "NJ!"

I didn't set the mark. You set it.

So if you said, "I didn't want to win

in Brazil," I'll leave you alone,

but once we sit and say this is

the plan, you can't change the plan.

If you get the correct body angle,

you can simulate a start.

Go!

Alright, downhill 4.24, uphill 4.60.

- Anything slower than that...

- Coach Mills, I can't.

You gotta do it over.

- I can't work like that.

- It don't register.

You know how it goes...

You got to register a time.

The watch stops working after 4.60.

Go!

Get a bandage. Is it deep?

Yeah.

Bad habits. Bad practices.

Cut it all the time, just spike myself.

This is how you know he's getting fast.

When he's getting fast, he cuts himself.

Do not wipe, Eddie. Dab.

Ah!

I think if I don't cut myself,

I don't feel like I'm going fast enough.

I swear.

Battle scars. Rrrr!

Go!

It's more fluent.

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