Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive Page #2

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I'd never really lived for

long away from my parents,

only like, a week, maybe a weekend.

I was always with my parents.

For me to go and live somewhere

else by myself, was going to be hard.

For me, I didn't want to go.

Instead of going overseas, Usain chooses

the Athletics Centre in Kingston.

For a teenager from a small

village, it's still an enormous leap.

It was really hard, knowing

that he was so young,

moving into Kingston,

not having a mother around.

At least he didn't have any

women around at the time.

We knew we'd have to

get a helper for him.

So you don't know what

the outcome would be.

It was really challenging.

Life changed rapidly for the young star.

He signed a sponsorship deal

worth tens of thousands of dollars

and hired himself an agent.

He was soon appearing on the

cover of an international magazine

and getting a taste of

life in the media spotlight.

- First time, all right.

- Quiet on the road!

And... action!

Let go!

LAUGHTER:

Stick, stick, stick, stick, stick! Go!

On 11th April 2004, Bolt shatters

the 200-metre junior world record.

To this day, he remains the only junior

to run the race in under 20 seconds.

17 years old and the world's

most promising young sprinter,

Bolt looks set for stardom at the

Olympic Games in Athens that year.

But a series of injuries means

he is forced to bow out of a

major athletics meeting in Kingston

and it's clear he's not

fully fit for Athens.

But Bolt chooses to ignore

advice and takes part, anyway.

I didn't think he should go.

He didn't merit on that

team but they selected him.

I knew he was not going to do well

because he was not on

par with his training

because of his sickness and so forth.

Running with a torn hamstring,

Bolt is eliminated in the heats

of his first Olympic Games.

A lot of people would have failed

in Athens and never recover.

Not Usain. He just went along,

enjoying what he was doing.

Following his Olympic defeat,

Usain makes a decision

that will change his life.

He takes on a new trainer, Glen Mills,

then head coach of the

Jamaican Olympic team.

Mills has moulded dozens of sprinters,

including Kim Collins, the 100

metre world champion in 2003.

For Mills, there is only one focus

- the Olympic Games in Beijing.

He was recovering from a torn hamstring.

The whole question of muscle strength

and overall body weakness were

some of the areas that we looked at.

Well, he was young and inexperienced

and didn't quite understand fully what

it meant to be a professional athlete.

He was always enthusiastic.

He was determined to do well,

but there were a number of

things that we had to, you know,

point out to him about

his dedication to training,

application, following

up the little details.

At six foot five, and weighing 220lbs,

Usain is unusually tall for a sprinter.

Mills forces him to concentrate

on strength and speed,

pushing Bolt's body to the

limit in weight training sessions

lasting one and a half

hours, three times a week.

He has some very special qualities,

both as a competitor and as a person.

He has the ability to

focus almost instantly

and he learns very fast.

He's not a workaholic,

but he will work hard

if he ever finds himself in a

situation where it is necessary.

Yes, we can!

Imagine me, a black president, man.

Fastest black president!

HE CHUCKLES:

The session today will be tough.

This 30-minute massage prepares

Usain for the pain ahead.

WHISTLE:

Shoulders down.

That's it.

Dying.

I think a lot of people,

they see you run and they say,

"Oh, it looks so easy. It

really looks effortless. "

But, before it gets to that point,

day in, day out - sacrifice,

day in, day out

- just dying.

There's time when you run

and you just want to stop.

You just want to give up, say,

"To hell with this. I

just want to go home. "

The day when you get up and you

know you have a training today,

you know it's going to be intense, like,

"Oh, God! I don't want to go

today," but you've got to go.

And it's so hard, and a

lot of people don't know.

My coach always says, "In a couple

of years, we're not going to have

"any track because you're

going to take all of it home!"

Come on, keep going.

Come on.

- Usain, are you all right?

- Yeah, coach.

This is your conscience speaking.

"Don't do it. Stop running. "

LAUGHTER:

Retire. Go play football.

Go play golf.

LAUGHTER:

Finally, after four years of hard work,

Usain is ready for the Games in Beijing.

He's 21 and about to

enter Olympic history.

Greece, sport...

In sight of the swimming

pool in Beijing, China.

The Olympics is the biggest

thing there is for athletes

so, for me, I'm focused.

I'm dead focused on what's

necessary. I know what I want.

If you want something and know how to

get it, you've got to go and get it.

That's how I was brought up.

For me, it's getting easier every day,

because I know what I

want, so I work towards it.

GUN FIRES:

CHEERING:

I'll never forget that.

I was so amazed that I got

it, I didn't know what to do,

I didn't know how to celebrate.

I was like... I was so happy.

USAIN LAUGHS:

It was always my dream to

coach an Olympic champion

who was lightning and exciting, and

rewarding, in terms of satisfaction.

Three billion viewers watch

as Bolt smashes the

100 metre world record.

It's a victory that makes him

the focal point of the games.

JAMAICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

The athlete is now in a league of

his own and intends to stay there.

In the 200 metres, Bolt

wins a second gold medal

and breaks another world record.

Then, alongside his

team-mates, he wins a third gold

and sets a new world record

for the 4x100 metres relay.

Three gold medals, three world records.

It's an achievement unparalleled

in the history of athletics.

In just seven days, Bolt

has become a national hero

and an international sporting icon.

It's three years after Beijing

and Usain is having a kick-around.

Yo, Alex Ferguson!

Just watch. Cameras up.

Alex Ferguson, just watch me. Today

is my, is my, is my, my trial run.

- Make sure Alex Ferguson get this tape, OK?

- What are you going to do?

What do you mean, what am I going to do?

I'm putting on football boots,

I'm in a football jersey.

- But, Usain, isn't it forbidden

to do football? - It is forbidden.

It is forbidden, but guess what.

In life, you have to enjoy life, man.

I don't want to catch 50 and say,

"Oh, God, I missed

out on my youth days. "

- Coach Mills know that you play football?

- Nah, man!

When he sees this documentary,

he's going to be pissed!

But it'll be after the

Olympics, so most of the time...

Just don't show him

till after the Olympics.

MUSIC:
"Summer Time" by Vybz Kartel

# Every massive haffi come along

# Guh fi yuh suntan inna di summer sun

# If you a bleacher guh back home

# Guh fi yuh umbrella cos de sun a burn

# Uptown full a fun enuh

# ATI, we a guh enuh

# Dream weekend come enuh

# Smudge a guh dun enuh

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