Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive Page #4

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- Well, that's not for us...

- ...to say.

Usain makes more than

200,000 euros at each meeting.

His earnings this summer

will top 1 million.

USAIN CHUCKLES What the hell?!

What about your expectations?

Well, for me, I'm just coming out

here, really, to see where I'm at.

I feel in good shape. I've been

training, I've been getting there.

So I'm really focused and ready

now, and I'm going out there to just

prove to the world

that I'm still the best,

and just to stay focused and work hard.

Yohan Blake ran 9.8 in Kingston.

He's your training partner.

Are you still faster than he is?

I should think I'm definitely faster

than Yohan Blake. We train together.

I think he's going to do

wonderful things this season.

One of his down points

was definitely his start,

and he's really putting

a lot of work into it,

so I definitely think this season

is going to be a good season

for the Racers Track Club.

Four hours before the race.

Go outside, it'll be better.

A photo for Usain's six

million fans on Facebook.

- Full frame?

- Hm-mm.

Two hours before the race, just

time for a lap around the stadium

for the benefit of his adoring public.

CHILDREN CHEER:
Bolt! Bolt! Bolt!

Bad start.

Rusty.

First race in a long

time, I guess. He won.

I don't think he's going to be too

impressed with the start or his time.

But he won the race and

he'll get better from here.

I won but it was a suck race.

One of the worst races ever, man.

Hey, hey, hey! Fix your

stuff, man. It's no good.

- You were so nervous, huh.

- Oh, yeah, I was nervous, man.

I was nervous. It was a bad

race. My coach asked me...

My coach said to me that

I'd forgotten how to run.

HE LAUGHS:

How do you explain that?

I can't. He understands. I

told him it was just nerves.

I got the nerves out now, so

it's just business after this.

So I'm looking forward to the next one.

It's a weak start for Bolt

but the tour must go on.

#Woo-oo-ooh

# Been watching you, babe

# And I feel what you're trying to do

# You tried hard to get next to me

# I was so in love with

you I could hardly see

# Now it seems you wanna run out on me

# And after all this

time Tell me can't you see

# All this love that I'm giving

- # Giving my love

- # All this love that I'm giving

- # Giving my love

- # All this love that I'm giving

- # Giving my love

- # All this love that I'm giving... #

- It's a special life, huh?

- Huh?

Hotel, hotel, travel, hotel,

press conference, hotel.

It's a routine life!

- It's hard? - Nah. You get used to it.

At first, it was kind of complicated.

Not used to all the cameras

and flying every weekend,

and running every day,

interviews all time.

- But... you get used to it. -

You're not tired of this? - No.

It's a part of my life now.

Usain has come to Oslo to

compete in the 200 metres,

but first the organisers

have a great idea about

how best to introduce him

to the Norwegian public.

Don't care about the car.

- Just stand like that. - RICKY:

This is the car? - Yeah. - Seriously?

Just stand like that.

- Just stand on whatever.

- OK.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

RHYTHMIC CLAPPING

What do you think about the

beginning of the season, NJ?

It's good so far.

Things are progressing

slowly but surely.

World Championship is the aim. The

coach says he's at the right place.

We have no worries.

Eddie feel the legs

and says good condition.

Masseuse knows his legs

more than anybody else.

We're just working smartly,

you know. To get there.

DROWNED OUT BY CROWD NOISE

Get it, get it!

Usain wins the 200 metres,

giving him a clean sheet of

six races and six victories.

He's about to fly to Daegu,

South Korea, unbeaten in Europe.

He has a challenge to

live as a superstar,

how to balance the whole

excitement and the attention,

along with what is

required for your work,

to develop and to maintain

a high standard on the track.

It's past midnight in Oslo.

Before he leaves, Usain has to make

one last appearance in the VIP area,

where he stays a little

longer than strictly necessary.

What time?

# Don't worry about a thing

# Cos every little thing

is going to be all right

# Rise up this morning

# Smiled with the rising sun

# Three little birds

# Walk by my doorstep

# Singing sweet songs

# Of melodies pure and true

# This is my message

to you-ou-ou. #

South Korea, and Bolt has two goals.

One - to remain unbeaten in

the 100 and 200 metres.

Two - to show the world that he's

ready to take gold in London.

During the competition, Usain's home

is here in the athletes' village.

It's a small four-room flat that

he shares with six other Jamaicans.

Look at this! You see him

pick it up and turn and go on.

Pass the ball, pass. Come on!

Oh, you were dealing with that, man!

Oh, come on!

Tomorrow, all seven flatmates

will be on the track.

Usain's biggest fans, his family,

have come all the way from

Kingston to watch him race.

It was a good day, man. First round.

Felt smooth. Executed well.

I think my coach is going

to be very proud of me.

It was a very good start.

Ran to 50 metres, shut it down.

Take it through the

line. A wonderful day.

I'm very proud of myself.

Tomorrow, I'm going to be ready.

Usain and Yohan have both made

it through to the semifinals.

In the World Championships,

as in the Olympic Games,

the semifinals and final

are held on the same day,

with just a two-hour

interval between them.

It's an easy win for Bolt.

Meanwhile, in the other semifinal,

Yohan Blake achieves his

best performance of the year.

The final looks set to be a

two-horse race - Bolt versus Blake.

Coach Mills prefers to stay behind

the scenes when his athletes race.

He'll be watching the final from here,

the warm-up track, on a giant screen.

CROWD ROARS:

LOUDSPEAKER:
Ssh.

- On your marks.

- Go!

Set.

STARTER GUN FIRES

INAUDIBLE:

Come on, Yohan! Come on, Yohan!

While the Bolt family

congratulate Yohan,

agent Ricky looks for Usain,

but he's nowhere to be found.

I've just been all the way

round. I can't see him anywhere.

Can we go to the changing rooms?

- Yeah, but I don't...

- I know where they are.

Even the organisers

have lost track of him.

- You have a sleep? - Try getting

some. - Then get some practice.

The new world champion, people

- Yohan Blake!

USAIN CHUCKLES:

It's not a team sport but if I

didn't get it I'm happy he did.

I've seen him train, man.

I've seen the work he put in.

He works more hard than me.

YOHAN LAUGHS:

- So it's a mixed feeling tonight?

I mean, you're happy for Yohan? - Yeah.

- But not for you?

- Yeah, you can't dwell on the past, man.

You learn that.

I grew up in the church so there

was one thing they always say,

"Everything happen for a reason.

God has a plan for everybody," so...

You can't really complain.

You've got to just move on.

I have one more race to go, so I

can't stress over that and worry.

I've got to focus on the next task

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