He is undoubtedly one of the greatest ever.
With a total of 8 Olympic golds, few can beat the giant Usain Bolt.
Alongside his success, he also had a heart of gold, which these 59 seconds really show.
With the name Usain St. Leo Bolt it was written in the stars that he would succeed. He left Jamaica with a passion to run really fast and would conquer the whole world with his unique and lightning fast talent.
Bolt’s career
Bolt broke through as a super talent already as a teenager and at only 15 years old he became the world’s fastest junior during the JVM at home in Jamaica. Then things would go very quickly for Usain in the coming years.
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In 2007, the big breakthrough came when he won double World Championship silver in Osaka. But it would also be the first and indeed only silver medals of his career before the great gold cavalcade took over.
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Eight Olympic golds
Because just one year later, it was the full Usain Bolt show during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Olympic gold in 100 meters, Olympic gold in 200 meters and also Olympic gold in the relay, but it was later taken away due to a teammate’s doping conviction.
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Then there was no stopping Bolt, who from 2008 to 2006 won pretty much every single championship race he competed in. 8 Olympic golds and 11 World Cup golds for the running star who is truly one of our absolute greatest athletes of all time.
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“Biggest Ever”
Alongside the successes, Usain Bolt has also been everyone’s favorite for his warm personality and unique character. On Twitter, a 59-second video has now gone viral showing his big heart of gold, see the video below.
The video has been viewed over 10 million times and it’s incredibly easy to understand why.
“You may be a great athlete, but you win with your character. Usain Bolt is a legend,” writes the person who posted the video, see it below, and receives many nice comments from other people.
“This is class!”, writes one user on Twitter.
“Usain Bolt is a fantastic athlete with a fantastic character,” writes another.
“This is why Usain Bolt is the greatest ever,” writes a third.
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