Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive Page #3

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# Oh, oh, here we go

Summer time is here!

# You know!

# The holiday, school is closed

# We feel the vibes enuh

# Summer time inna Portmore

# Summer time inna Kingston... #

Usain likes to enjoy

himself when he competes.

His antics in Berlin before the

100 metres final rubbed off on his

opponents and started a new trend

for athletes posing for the camera.

I'm ready. Are you ready? Let's go!

For me, the start, a

good reaction is key

because I'm a kind of a poor starter.

Set.

If I get a good reaction, then

I can get myself in the race,

even if my first couple

of steps are not quick.

From start to 30 metres,

that's my drive phase.

Keep your body forward, keep your

head down and just keep driving,

driving, driving.

After I start coming out of my

drive phase, that's when I get tall,

start getting tall, straight,

knees up, shoulders down.

That's when you start

to get to top speed.

50 metres is when I check.

I just glance left, glance right,

to make sure where I'm

positioned in the race.

I may start listening to the

crowd, listening to the cheers.

60 metres

- that's when I become a beast, really.

That's when I start to dominate a race.

Majority of the time, I can

tell from probably 60, 70 metres

if I'm going to win the race,

because the last 40 metres of my

race is the strongest part of my race.

Last 10, 15 metres of a

race, I start checking again.

Check to the right, check to

the left. Can I stop running?

Ten metres

- that's when I determine if I've won,

because the last ten metres,

you're not going to catch me,

no matter who you are, no

matter what you're doing.

No matter how focused you are, no

matter how ready you think you are,

you won't catch me, cos that

last ten metres will take me

three and a half strides

to pass the finish line.

And this is where the glory begins.

This is where you pass the finish line.

I do what I want, celebrate

to the world, do crazy stuff.

That's when the crowd love

me cos I put my flavour to it.

I make them love and enjoy me.

Three days after breaking

the 100 metre record

he set in Beijing, he repeats

the feat in the 200 metres.

He breaks the world record again.

Bolt wins a third gold

medal with the Jamaican team

in the 4x100 metres relay race

and finishes Berlin triumphant.

But while he celebrates, the

International Athletics Federation

is agreeing on a controversial

new change to the rulebook.

The committee vote by

a huge majority to adopt

a new rule on false starts.

It's a decision that will

come back to haunt Bolt.

- Hello, hello, hello. - Mr Bolt, how

are you? I'm Pamela Bridgewater.

- I'm the US Ambassador to Jamaica...

- Nice to meet you.

.. And a great, great track fan.

Usain took the world

record from the Americans.

It's not a problem for the relationship?

LAUGHTER:

Clearly, you know, we love

to support great athletes.

It would have been great

if we could have kept it,

but if anybody had to break

it, I'd rather have it be Usain.

Yohan! Come here.

- Nice to meet you. I'm Pamela Bridgewater,

the US Ambassador in Jamaica. - Yes.

- Nice meeting you.

- Yohan's been coming up.

- I'm teaching him everything I know.

- All right!

Well, you got a great teacher.

You couldn't ask for

more than that, huh?

Great.

Usain may be a star but

he doesn't train alone.

Yohan Blake, in the white vest,

is one of Coach Mills'

most promising sprinters.

So is Daniel Bailey, from

Antigua, fourth in Berlin.

Even though all three are

bitter rivals on the track,

they train together as friends.

Set.

Usain is six inches taller than

his team-mates and his long legs

actually slow him down in

the opening seconds of a race.

On your marks.

Come, gentlemen.

Set.

WHISTLE:

- Set.

- WHISTLE

When you're training, outside

of training, it's all fun.

You can't take it too serious.

You've got to do the work, work hard,

stay focused, motivate each other.

On the day, when you line up, then

it's every man for himself, so...

It's all for him.

Three days later, Bolt

gets ready to fly to Rome.

Two hours to go till the

flight and he hasn't packed.

Don't miss the drop!

Don't miss the drop!

Die!

- What are you taking with you, some

souvenirs, some photos? - Photos, man?

- Photos of what? I'm going to Europe.

- Your mother, your father?

I'm trying to take the sun

with me. That'll be good.

- Some books? - Nah, man. I'm more

of a PlayStation type of guy.

- Not a reader. -

The Bible? - Huh?

- Bible?

- No, not the Bible.

What are you trying to do,

make me look bad on TV, man?

Usain is heading to Europe for

a series of key race meetings,

ahead of the World Championships

in Daegu, South Korea.

#.. di teacha haffi sing line?

# DJing nuh inna him mind?

# Roll out wid di shootas fi kill time

# No boxers, Calvin Klein

# Nuff bwoy waan get

me out fi reach... #

Boarding should be roughly about

5.30 this evening, gate number five.

Thank you.

#.. Cos I'm da baller and the manager

# Alex Ferguson and Bibby dis

# Mi stay in front like Genesis Yes!

# Who waan fi penny dis? Guess!

# Mi find di metaphors

weh Jay-Z and Biggie miss

# And chaw dem up like Winterfresh

and spit dem out like Wrigleys

# Mi hot mi touch green

grass mek it ketch fyah

# Sum bwoy nuh thugz mi

see thru dem like mesh wire

# Yes, Iyah! Dem license expire

# Mi rub dem out like mi Benz tire... #

Bolt doesn't go anywhere

without his team.

Accompanying him on the trip are

his best friend NJ and his agent

Ricky Simms, a 37-year-old Irishman

who's been managing Bolt's interests

since 2003, and takes care of all

his contracts and on-track business.

Ricky is a great part of my life.

Since I started professional, he's

been my agent. We've had good times.

He's treated me the same way

since the first time we met.

In Rome, the organisers have booked

Usain into their very best suite.

White, people? Mauve. White.

- Is it OK?

- Yeah.

MAN LAUGHS:

- It's important for you to have him

in the meeting? - Of course it is.

- First time in Italy, first time in Rome.

- So you sold a lot of tickets?

Much more than ever before

and we know that this

is the effect of having him here.

You can play football up here!

Usain has broken a record

without running a step,

by selling 50,000 tickets

for his event in Rome.

(Come closer.) I heard that

Rome is the best for women.

Is that true?

You're from Paris. I'm asking you, man!

But listen, anyway, they say

that Rome is the best for women,

so I'm hoping that I get lucky.

I'll let you know at

the end of this trip.

If I get lucky, I'll give

you a thumbs up. If I don't...

- Have you got a girlfriend in every

city or what? - No, man! I'm single.

What kind of girlfriends are you

talking about? I'm a single guy.

I live free.

- It's expensive to have Usain here

for competition? - Expensive for who?

He's good value.

He's rather expensive but

he's worth every penny, for us.

LAUGHTER:

And what does expensive mean?

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