Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive


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Winning gold in the Olympics is an athlete's greatest dream.

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Usain Bolt has already achieved that dream three times.

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This year, at the 2012 Olympics,

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he has the chance to go one step further.

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Bolt could be the first sprinter in history to win gold in the 100, 200

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and 100-metre relay in two consecutive Games.

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If he does it, he'll become one of the greatest Olympians who ever lived.

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APPLAUSE

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But in athletics, there are no guarantees.

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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'On your marks.'

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'Set.'

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GUNSHOT

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Usain is back in training after being injured for several months.

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His schedule is way off track.

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The World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea,

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are just six months away.

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WHISTLE

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WHISTLE

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WHISTLE

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WHISTLE

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I've known him 20 years.

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I've known him since I was a child, very young.

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When we were at primary school, the first grade,

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I'm NJ and his nickname was VJ.

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I'm a teacher. I can teach history or social science.

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Right now, I'm dealing with his affairs, as his assistant manager.

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# This is my time... #

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Yeah, our signature rap!

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# ..This is my time... #

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BOTH TALK AT ONCE

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Usain lives in Jamaica's capital, Kingston.

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Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? Whassup?

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He lives here in a house which he shares with a group of mates,

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including his childhood friend NJ.

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11, 12. VJ, go down.

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Rest!

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-Hard?

-Everything feels hard.

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-It's never an easy day.

-Do you need your friends to do this?

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They're trying to lose weight for the girls.

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It's not working, though.

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THEY LAUGH

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Set, go!

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And a quick start by Usain Bolt! And he stumbled!

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What can you say about that?

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Look at Usain Bolt!

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That's 7.4. It's not bad.

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But Usain Bolt is still there!

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And it's Usain Bolt!

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Oh, my God!

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That's 7.2. A little bit slower than the first one.

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Can Usain Bolt catch up?

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Can he stay...? He stumbled! Usain Bolt!

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Oh, my God! That's 8.8!

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Can he make it? Look at the finish. Look at him!

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Oh, my God!

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A new world record!

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29.25!

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A new world record for Usain Bolt.

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This is dinner.

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He's the master.

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A former athlete, but now a chef. He's the man.

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Coach tells him what I should get in my diet and he makes sure it happens.

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In the evening, it's open house at the Bolt residence.

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His brother Sadeeki, some old friends

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and a few of Jamaica's finest athletes gather

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for a game of dominoes.

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That's as wild as it gets.

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Usain hasn't always lived in Kingston.

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He grew by three hours away in Jamaica's rural north-west.

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The fastest man in the world

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was born in the sleepy village of Sherwood Content,

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where time seems to have stood still.

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It's wonderful in the morning, waking up.

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That's why I love going back home. It's peaceful. You can relax.

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Breathe in some fresh air.

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The Bolt family still live in the house where Usain was born

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on 21st August, 1986.

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When, of course, when Usain was born,

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I was happy that he was a boy, of course.

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I always wanted a boy then.

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He was big. He was a big baby.

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He weighed 9.5lbs.

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And the nurse said, this guy looked like he was on the earth

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for quite a few months before he was born.

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He's the type of person who doesn't sit down. He always keeps moving.

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And then the doctor said he was hyperactive. Too many energy.

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He had to use it up.

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It was free. We could be wherever we wanted to go, the river -

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it was unrestricted.

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His mother, she overprotected. She loved him too much.

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Sometime if he do anything wrong, she might hide it from me

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because she didn't want him to get a spanking.

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Usain didn't always want to be an athlete.

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As a child, he had a different passion.

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When we were growing up, cricket was his sport.

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Brian Lara, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose. Cricket was a passion.

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He did want to be a cricketer.

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He played cricket and tracks at primary school.

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But we decided the future, and we said, "Well...

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"I think it's best for him to do tracks."

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He didn't look like the rest of the youngsters.

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Just the way he was built,

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he looked different than the others.

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He was taller than them, very skinny.

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He stood out from the crowd.

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Following his father's advice,

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Usain turned his back on his first love, cricket,

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and focused his energies on sprinting.

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In 2001, aged just 14,

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he entered his first international competition in Hungary.

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The main thing was the way he ran.

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He was upright with his strides

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and his knees were always coming up very high.

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Bolt won the heats, but was eliminated in the semi-final.

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The defeat didn't matter.

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Bolt had proved what his father believed,

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that he had huge potential as a sprinter.

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His talent on the track didn't go unnoticed. The next year,

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he was selected for the World Junior Championships in Kingston.

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Just 15,

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Bolt lined up against athletes three to four years his senior.

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He didn't want to go because he said

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he just didn't think he could beat those guys, you know?

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But he was persuaded by his grandmother and his mother.

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He started to cry and we told him that he shouldn't worry about that.

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He's going out there and whatever is done, we'll accept it.

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He dried up his tears

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and the next morning, he was out.

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COMMENTATOR: 'On the outside, Kluczynski going very well.

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'Kluczynski on the outside. Usain Bolt of Jamaica takes the lead

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'in the 200 final, heading towards a gold medal.

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'Usain Bolt is the World Junior Champion!'

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The crowd started to roar

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and everybody was just shouting, "Bolt! Bolt!"

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I became the lightening bolt of the world.

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That was still and will always be my greatest moment.

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That was my first move, a salute to the crowd.

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People loved it.

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They were, "Raaar!"

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HE CHUCKLES

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I remember everything about it.

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I would like to say to my mother and my father I love them

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and I'm glad they always pushed me to do my best.

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Usain St Leo Bolt of Sherwood Content, Trelawny,

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-you must be very contented. God bless you.

-Thank you.

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That race won him instant national recognition.

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Overnight, Bolt became the new star of Jamaican sprinting.

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APPLAUSE

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The Jamaican Boys and Girls Championships,

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better known as the Champs.

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Described as the world's finest talent-spotting event,

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this inter-schools competition has been putting young Jamaican athletes

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to the test for over 100 years.

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WILD CHEERING

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Bolt arrives at the Champs to meet his biggest fans.

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Bolt. Bolt.

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Sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

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-That's all right.

-Sorry, sorry.

-Don't worry about it.

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RAPTUROUS APPLAUSE

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INDISTINCT COMMENTARY

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Usain ran in the Champs when he was 16.

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He won the 200 metres and then, running in driving rain,

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knocked more than a second off the Jamaican record in the 400 metres.

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Usain Bolt, champion last year,

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comes through to win. Takes it

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in a flash time of 45.4.

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Usain Bolt. Too quick for everyone at 45.4.

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New Champs record!

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CHANTING: Usain! Usain!

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WILD CHEERING

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Usain ended his 2003 season

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as one of the world's top 10 athletes in the 200 metres.

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Foreign sponsors and American colleges

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began queueing up to sign him.

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I was really close to my mum.

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I'd never really lived for long away from my parents,

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only like, a week, maybe a weekend.

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I was always with my parents.

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For me to go and live somewhere else by myself, was going to be hard.

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For me, I didn't want to go.

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Instead of going overseas, Usain chooses

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the Athletics Centre in Kingston.

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For a teenager from a small village, it's still an enormous leap.

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It was really hard, knowing that he was so young,

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moving into Kingston,

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not having a mother around.

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At least he didn't have any women around at the time.

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We knew we'd have to get a helper for him.

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So you don't know what the outcome would be.

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It was really challenging.

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Life changed rapidly for the young star.

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He signed a sponsorship deal worth tens of thousands of dollars

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and hired himself an agent.

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He was soon appearing on the cover of an international magazine

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and getting a taste of life in the media spotlight.

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-First time, all right.

-Quiet on the road!

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And...action!

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Let go!

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LAUGHTER

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

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On 11th April 2004, Bolt shatters the 200-metre junior world record.

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To this day, he remains the only junior

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to run the race in under 20 seconds.

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17 years old and the world's most promising young sprinter,

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Bolt looks set for stardom at the Olympic Games in Athens that year.

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But a series of injuries means

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he is forced to bow out of a major athletics meeting in Kingston

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and it's clear he's not fully fit for Athens.

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But Bolt chooses to ignore advice and takes part, anyway.

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I didn't think he should go.

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He didn't merit on that team but they selected him.

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I knew he was not going to do well

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because he was not on par with his training

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because of his sickness and so forth.

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Running with a torn hamstring,

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Bolt is eliminated in the heats of his first Olympic Games.

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A lot of people would have failed in Athens and never recover.

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Not Usain. He just went along, enjoying what he was doing.

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Following his Olympic defeat,

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Usain makes a decision that will change his life.

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He takes on a new trainer, Glen Mills,

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then head coach of the Jamaican Olympic team.

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Mills has moulded dozens of sprinters,

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including Kim Collins, the 100 metre world champion in 2003.

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For Mills, there is only one focus - the Olympic Games in Beijing.

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He was recovering from a torn hamstring.

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The whole question of muscle strength

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and overall body weakness were some of the areas that we looked at.

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Well, he was young and inexperienced

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and didn't quite understand fully what it meant to be a professional athlete.

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He was always enthusiastic.

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He was determined to do well,

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but there were a number of things that we had to, you know,

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point out to him about his dedication to training,

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application, following up the little details.

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At six foot five, and weighing 220lbs,

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Usain is unusually tall for a sprinter.

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Mills forces him to concentrate on strength and speed,

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pushing Bolt's body to the limit in weight training sessions

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lasting one and a half hours, three times a week.

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He has some very special qualities,

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both as a competitor and as a person.

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He has the ability to focus almost instantly

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and he learns very fast.

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He's not a workaholic, but he will work hard

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if he ever finds himself in a situation where it is necessary.

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Yes, we can!

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Imagine me, a black president, man.

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Fastest black president!

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HE CHUCKLES

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The session today will be tough.

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This 30-minute massage prepares Usain for the pain ahead.

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WHISTLE

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Shoulders down.

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That's it.

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Dying.

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I think a lot of people, they see you run and they say,

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"Oh, it looks so easy. It really looks effortless."

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But, before it gets to that point, day in, day out - sacrifice,

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day in, day out - just dying.

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There's time when you run and you just want to stop.

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You just want to give up, say,

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"To hell with this. I just want to go home."

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The day when you get up and you know you have a training today,

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

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"Oh, God! I don't want to go today," but you've got to go.

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And it's so hard, and a lot of people don't know.

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My coach always says, "In a couple of years, we're not going to have

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"any track because you're going to take all of it home!"

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Come on, keep going.

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Come on.

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-Usain, are you all right?

-Yeah, coach.

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This is your conscience speaking. "Don't do it. Stop running."

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LAUGHTER

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Retire. Go play football.

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Go play golf.

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LAUGHTER

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Finally, after four years of hard work,

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Usain is ready for the Games in Beijing.

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He's 21 and about to enter Olympic history.

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Greece, sport...

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In sight of the swimming pool in Beijing, China.

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The Olympics is the biggest thing there is for athletes

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so, for me, I'm focused.

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I'm dead focused on what's necessary. I know what I want.

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If you want something and know how to get it, you've got to go and get it.

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That's how I was brought up.

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For me, it's getting easier every day,

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because I know what I want, so I work towards it.

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GUN FIRES

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CHEERING

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I'll never forget that.

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I was so amazed that I got it, I didn't know what to do,

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I didn't know how to celebrate. I was like... I was so happy.

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USAIN LAUGHS

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It was always my dream to coach an Olympic champion

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who was lightning and exciting, and rewarding, in terms of satisfaction.

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Three billion viewers watch

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as Bolt smashes the 100 metre world record.

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It's a victory that makes him

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the focal point of the games.

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JAMAICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

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The athlete is now in a league of his own and intends to stay there.

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In the 200 metres, Bolt wins a second gold medal

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and breaks another world record.

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Then, alongside his team-mates, he wins a third gold

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and sets a new world record for the 4x100 metres relay.

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Three gold medals, three world records.

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It's an achievement unparalleled in the history of athletics.

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In just seven days, Bolt has become a national hero

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and an international sporting icon.

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It's three years after Beijing and Usain is having a kick-around.

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Yo, Alex Ferguson! Just watch. Cameras up.

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Alex Ferguson, just watch me. Today is my, is my, is my, my trial run.

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-Make sure Alex Ferguson get this tape, OK?

-What are you going to do?

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

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I'm putting on football boots, I'm in a football jersey.

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-But, Usain, isn't it forbidden to do football?

-It is forbidden.

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It is forbidden, but guess what.

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In life, you have to enjoy life, man.

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I don't want to catch 50 and say,

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"Oh, God, I missed out on my youth days."

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-Coach Mills know that you play football?

-Nah, man!

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When he sees this documentary, he's going to be pissed!

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But it'll be after the Olympics, so most of the time...

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Just don't show him till after the Olympics.

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MUSIC: "Summer Time" by Vybz Kartel

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# Every massive haffi come along

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# Guh fi yuh suntan inna di summer sun

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# If you a bleacher guh back home

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# Guh fi yuh umbrella cos de sun a burn

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# Uptown full a fun enuh

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# ATI, we a guh enuh

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# Dream weekend come enuh

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# Smudge a guh dun enuh

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# Oh, oh, here we go Summer time is here!

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# You know!

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# The holiday, school is closed

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# We feel the vibes enuh

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# Summer time inna Portmore

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# Summer time inna Kingston... #

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Usain likes to enjoy himself when he competes.

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His antics in Berlin before the 100 metres final rubbed off on his

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opponents and started a new trend for athletes posing for the camera.

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

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For me, the start, a good reaction is key

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because I'm a kind of a poor starter.

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Set.

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If I get a good reaction, then I can get myself in the race,

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even if my first couple of steps are not quick.

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From start to 30 metres, that's my drive phase.

0:25:010:25:04

Keep your body forward, keep your head down and just keep driving,

0:25:060:25:10

driving, driving.

0:25:100:25:12

After I start coming out of my drive phase, that's when I get tall,

0:25:130:25:16

start getting tall, straight, knees up, shoulders down.

0:25:170:25:21

That's when you start to get to top speed.

0:25:210:25:24

50 metres is when I check.

0:25:240:25:26

I just glance left, glance right,

0:25:260:25:28

to make sure where I'm positioned in the race.

0:25:280:25:31

I may start listening to the crowd, listening to the cheers.

0:25:310:25:35

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

0:25:350:25:38

That's when I start to dominate a race.

0:25:380:25:41

Majority of the time, I can tell from probably 60, 70 metres

0:25:410:25:45

if I'm going to win the race,

0:25:450:25:46

because the last 40 metres of my race is the strongest part of my race.

0:25:460:25:52

Last 10, 15 metres of a race, I start checking again.

0:25:520:25:56

Check to the right, check to the left. Can I stop running?

0:25:560:25:59

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

0:26:000:26:03

because the last ten metres, you're not going to catch me,

0:26:030:26:05

no matter who you are, no matter what you're doing.

0:26:050:26:08

No matter how focused you are, no matter how ready you think you are,

0:26:080:26:12

you won't catch me, cos that last ten metres will take me

0:26:120:26:15

three and a half strides to pass the finish line.

0:26:150:26:18

And this is where the glory begins.

0:26:180:26:19

This is where you pass the finish line.

0:26:190:26:21

I do what I want, celebrate to the world, do crazy stuff.

0:26:210:26:25

That's when the crowd love me cos I put my flavour to it.

0:26:250:26:27

I make them love and enjoy me.

0:26:270:26:30

Three days after breaking the 100 metre record

0:26:350:26:38

he set in Beijing, he repeats the feat in the 200 metres.

0:26:380:26:41

He breaks the world record again.

0:26:410:26:44

Bolt wins a third gold medal with the Jamaican team

0:27:140:27:17

in the 4x100 metres relay race and finishes Berlin triumphant.

0:27:170:27:21

But while he celebrates, the International Athletics Federation

0:27:230:27:27

is agreeing on a controversial new change to the rulebook.

0:27:270:27:30

The committee vote by a huge majority to adopt

0:27:300:27:33

a new rule on false starts.

0:27:330:27:34

It's a decision that will come back to haunt Bolt.

0:27:340:27:38

-Hello, hello, hello.

-Mr Bolt, how are you? I'm Pamela Bridgewater.

0:27:510:27:54

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

-Nice to meet you.

0:27:540:27:57

..And a great, great track fan.

0:27:570:27:59

Usain took the world record from the Americans.

0:27:590:28:01

It's not a problem for the relationship?

0:28:010:28:03

LAUGHTER

0:28:030:28:04

Clearly, you know, we love to support great athletes.

0:28:040:28:07

It would have been great if we could have kept it,

0:28:070:28:10

but if anybody had to break it, I'd rather have it be Usain.

0:28:100:28:13

Yohan! Come here.

0:28:130:28:15

-Nice to meet you. I'm Pamela Bridgewater, the US Ambassador in Jamaica.

-Yes.

0:28:160:28:20

-Nice meeting you.

-Yohan's been coming up.

0:28:200:28:22

-I'm teaching him everything I know.

-All right!

0:28:220:28:25

Well, you got a great teacher.

0:28:250:28:26

You couldn't ask for more than that, huh?

0:28:260:28:29

Great.

0:28:290:28:30

Usain may be a star but he doesn't train alone.

0:28:300:28:33

Yohan Blake, in the white vest,

0:28:330:28:35

is one of Coach Mills' most promising sprinters.

0:28:350:28:38

So is Daniel Bailey, from Antigua, fourth in Berlin.

0:28:380:28:41

Even though all three are bitter rivals on the track,

0:28:410:28:44

they train together as friends.

0:28:440:28:46

Set.

0:28:500:28:51

Usain is six inches taller than his team-mates and his long legs

0:29:270:29:31

actually slow him down in the opening seconds of a race.

0:29:310:29:35

On your marks.

0:29:350:29:36

Come, gentlemen.

0:29:360:29:38

Set.

0:29:410:29:42

WHISTLE

0:29:430:29:45

-Set.

-WHISTLE

0:30:060:30:08

When you're training, outside of training, it's all fun.

0:30:150:30:18

You can't take it too serious.

0:30:180:30:21

You've got to do the work, work hard, stay focused, motivate each other.

0:30:210:30:26

On the day, when you line up, then it's every man for himself, so...

0:30:260:30:31

It's all for him.

0:30:310:30:32

Three days later, Bolt gets ready to fly to Rome.

0:30:320:30:34

Two hours to go till the flight and he hasn't packed.

0:30:340:30:37

Don't miss the drop!

0:30:370:30:39

Don't miss the drop!

0:30:390:30:41

Die!

0:30:410:30:43

-What are you taking with you, some souvenirs, some photos?

-Photos, man?

0:30:430:30:48

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

-Your mother, your father?

0:30:480:30:51

I'm trying to take the sun with me. That'll be good.

0:30:510:30:55

-Some books?

-Nah, man. I'm more of a PlayStation type of guy.

0:30:550:31:00

-Not a reader.

-The Bible?

-Huh?

0:31:000:31:03

-Bible?

-No, not the Bible.

0:31:030:31:05

What are you trying to do, make me look bad on TV, man?

0:31:050:31:09

Usain is heading to Europe for a series of key race meetings,

0:31:140:31:18

ahead of the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.

0:31:180:31:21

# ..di teacha haffi sing line?

0:31:210:31:22

# DJing nuh inna him mind?

0:31:220:31:24

# Roll out wid di shootas fi kill time

0:31:240:31:25

# No boxers, Calvin Klein

0:31:250:31:27

# Nuff bwoy waan get me out fi reach... #

0:31:270:31:29

Boarding should be roughly about 5.30 this evening, gate number five.

0:31:290:31:32

Thank you.

0:31:320:31:33

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

0:31:330:31:35

# Alex Ferguson and Bibby dis

0:31:350:31:36

# Mi stay in front like Genesis Yes!

0:31:360:31:38

# Who waan fi penny dis? Guess!

0:31:380:31:39

# Mi find di metaphors weh Jay-Z and Biggie miss

0:31:390:31:41

# And chaw dem up like Winterfresh and spit dem out like Wrigleys

0:31:410:31:44

# Mi hot mi touch green grass mek it ketch fyah

0:31:440:31:46

# Sum bwoy nuh thugz mi see thru dem like mesh wire

0:31:460:31:48

# Yes, Iyah! Dem license expire

0:31:480:31:50

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

0:31:500:31:52

Bolt doesn't go anywhere without his team.

0:31:580:32:01

Accompanying him on the trip are his best friend NJ and his agent

0:32:010:32:05

Ricky Simms, a 37-year-old Irishman who's been managing Bolt's interests

0:32:050:32:09

since 2003, and takes care of all his contracts and on-track business.

0:32:090:32:14

Ricky is a great part of my life.

0:32:140:32:17

Since I started professional, he's been my agent. We've had good times.

0:32:170:32:22

He's treated me the same way since the first time we met.

0:32:220:32:26

In Rome, the organisers have booked Usain into their very best suite.

0:32:280:32:32

White, people? Mauve. White.

0:32:320:32:35

-Is it OK?

-Yeah.

0:32:380:32:40

MAN LAUGHS

0:32:400:32:41

-It's important for you to have him in the meeting?

-Of course it is.

0:32:450:32:48

-First time in Italy, first time in Rome.

-So you sold a lot of tickets?

0:32:480:32:52

Much more than ever before and we know that this

0:32:520:32:56

is the effect of having him here.

0:32:560:32:59

You can play football up here!

0:32:590:33:01

Usain has broken a record without running a step,

0:33:010:33:03

by selling 50,000 tickets for his event in Rome.

0:33:030:33:06

(Come closer.) I heard that Rome is the best for women.

0:33:060:33:10

Is that true?

0:33:100:33:12

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

0:33:130:33:16

But listen, anyway, they say that Rome is the best for women,

0:33:160:33:19

so I'm hoping that I get lucky.

0:33:190:33:22

I'll let you know at the end of this trip.

0:33:220:33:25

If I get lucky, I'll give you a thumbs up. If I don't...

0:33:250:33:28

-Have you got a girlfriend in every city or what?

-No, man! I'm single.

0:33:280:33:33

What kind of girlfriends are you talking about? I'm a single guy.

0:33:330:33:37

I live free.

0:33:370:33:39

-It's expensive to have Usain here for competition?

-Expensive for who?

0:33:390:33:43

He's good value.

0:33:430:33:44

He's rather expensive but he's worth every penny, for us.

0:33:440:33:48

LAUGHTER

0:33:480:33:50

And what does expensive mean?

0:33:500:33:52

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

-..to say.

0:33:520:33:54

Usain makes more than 200,000 euros at each meeting.

0:33:540:33:58

His earnings this summer will top £1 million.

0:34:020:34:04

USAIN CHUCKLES What the hell?!

0:34:040:34:07

What about your expectations?

0:34:240:34:26

Well, for me, I'm just coming out here, really, to see where I'm at.

0:34:260:34:30

I feel in good shape. I've been training, I've been getting there.

0:34:300:34:33

So I'm really focused and ready now, and I'm going out there to just

0:34:330:34:37

prove to the world that I'm still the best,

0:34:370:34:40

and just to stay focused and work hard.

0:34:400:34:42

Yohan Blake ran 9.8 in Kingston.

0:34:420:34:44

He's your training partner. Are you still faster than he is?

0:34:440:34:47

I should think I'm definitely faster than Yohan Blake. We train together.

0:34:470:34:52

I think he's going to do wonderful things this season.

0:34:520:34:54

One of his down points was definitely his start,

0:34:540:34:57

and he's really putting a lot of work into it,

0:34:570:34:59

so I definitely think this season

0:34:590:35:01

is going to be a good season for the Racers Track Club.

0:35:010:35:04

Four hours before the race.

0:35:040:35:06

Go outside, it'll be better.

0:35:060:35:09

A photo for Usain's six million fans on Facebook.

0:35:090:35:12

-Full frame?

-Hm-mm.

0:35:120:35:15

Two hours before the race, just time for a lap around the stadium

0:35:280:35:33

for the benefit of his adoring public.

0:35:330:35:35

CHILDREN CHEER: Bolt! Bolt! Bolt!

0:36:180:36:20

Bad start.

0:36:570:36:58

Rusty.

0:37:050:37:06

First race in a long time, I guess. He won.

0:37:060:37:09

I don't think he's going to be too impressed with the start or his time.

0:37:090:37:12

But he won the race and he'll get better from here.

0:37:120:37:17

I won but it was a suck race. One of the worst races ever, man.

0:37:430:37:48

Hey, hey, hey! Fix your stuff, man. It's no good.

0:37:480:37:52

-You were so nervous, huh.

-Oh, yeah, I was nervous, man.

0:37:520:37:55

I was nervous. It was a bad race. My coach asked me...

0:37:550:37:59

My coach said to me that I'd forgotten how to run.

0:37:590:38:02

HE LAUGHS

0:38:020:38:04

How do you explain that?

0:38:040:38:05

I can't. He understands. I told him it was just nerves.

0:38:050:38:08

I got the nerves out now, so it's just business after this.

0:38:080:38:11

So I'm looking forward to the next one.

0:38:110:38:13

It's a weak start for Bolt but the tour must go on.

0:38:450:38:49

# Woo-oo-ooh

0:38:550:38:56

# Been watching you, babe

0:38:560:38:59

# And I feel what you're trying to do

0:38:590:39:02

# You tried hard to get next to me

0:39:020:39:06

# I was so in love with you I could hardly see

0:39:060:39:10

# Now it seems you wanna run out on me

0:39:100:39:14

# And after all this time Tell me can't you see

0:39:140:39:18

# All this love that I'm giving

0:39:180:39:22

-# Giving my love

-# All this love that I'm giving

0:39:220:39:27

-# Giving my love

-# All this love that I'm giving

0:39:270:39:30

-# Giving my love

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

0:39:300:39:35

-It's a special life, huh?

-Huh?

0:39:390:39:41

Hotel, hotel, travel, hotel, press conference, hotel.

0:39:410:39:45

It's a routine life!

0:39:450:39:47

-It's hard?

-Nah. You get used to it. At first, it was kind of complicated.

0:39:470:39:52

Not used to all the cameras and flying every weekend,

0:39:520:39:55

and running every day, interviews all time.

0:39:550:39:59

-But...you get used to it.

-You're not tired of this?

-No.

0:39:590:40:03

It's a part of my life now.

0:40:030:40:04

Usain has come to Oslo to compete in the 200 metres,

0:40:060:40:09

but first the organisers have a great idea about

0:40:090:40:12

how best to introduce him to the Norwegian public.

0:40:120:40:15

Don't care about the car.

0:40:150:40:18

-Just stand like that.

-RICKY: This is the car?

-Yeah.

-Seriously?

0:40:230:40:26

Just stand like that.

0:40:260:40:28

-Just stand on whatever.

-OK.

0:40:290:40:31

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:40:510:40:53

RHYTHMIC CLAPPING

0:40:570:40:59

What do you think about the beginning of the season, NJ?

0:41:050:41:08

It's good so far.

0:41:080:41:10

Things are progressing slowly but surely.

0:41:100:41:15

World Championship is the aim. The coach says he's at the right place.

0:41:150:41:19

We have no worries.

0:41:190:41:21

Eddie feel the legs and says good condition.

0:41:210:41:25

Masseuse knows his legs more than anybody else.

0:41:250:41:29

We're just working smartly, you know. To get there.

0:41:310:41:34

DROWNED OUT BY CROWD NOISE

0:41:510:41:53

Get it, get it!

0:41:590:42:00

Usain wins the 200 metres,

0:42:060:42:08

giving him a clean sheet of six races and six victories.

0:42:080:42:12

He's about to fly to Daegu, South Korea, unbeaten in Europe.

0:42:120:42:16

He has a challenge to live as a superstar,

0:42:370:42:42

how to balance the whole excitement and the attention,

0:42:420:42:49

along with what is required for your work,

0:42:490:42:53

to develop and to maintain a high standard on the track.

0:42:530:42:58

It's past midnight in Oslo.

0:42:580:43:01

Before he leaves, Usain has to make one last appearance in the VIP area,

0:43:010:43:05

where he stays a little longer than strictly necessary.

0:43:050:43:08

What time?

0:43:120:43:13

# Don't worry about a thing

0:43:150:43:18

# Cos every little thing is going to be all right

0:43:200:43:24

# Rise up this morning

0:43:260:43:29

# Smiled with the rising sun

0:43:290:43:32

# Three little birds

0:43:320:43:35

# Walk by my doorstep

0:43:350:43:38

# Singing sweet songs

0:43:380:43:41

# Of melodies pure and true

0:43:430:43:45

# This is my message to you-ou-ou. #

0:43:470:43:52

South Korea, and Bolt has two goals.

0:43:560:44:00

One - to remain unbeaten in the 100 and 200 metres.

0:44:000:44:04

Two - to show the world that he's ready to take gold in London.

0:44:040:44:08

During the competition, Usain's home is here in the athletes' village.

0:44:270:44:31

It's a small four-room flat that he shares with six other Jamaicans.

0:44:310:44:36

Look at this! You see him pick it up and turn and go on.

0:44:360:44:39

Pass the ball, pass. Come on!

0:44:390:44:41

Oh, you were dealing with that, man!

0:44:430:44:46

Oh, come on!

0:44:490:44:51

Tomorrow, all seven flatmates will be on the track.

0:44:510:44:55

Usain's biggest fans, his family,

0:45:040:45:07

have come all the way from Kingston to watch him race.

0:45:070:45:11

It was a good day, man. First round.

0:45:480:45:51

Felt smooth. Executed well.

0:45:510:45:54

I think my coach is going to be very proud of me.

0:45:540:45:56

It was a very good start.

0:45:560:45:58

Ran to 50 metres, shut it down.

0:45:580:46:01

Take it through the line. A wonderful day.

0:46:010:46:03

I'm very proud of myself. Tomorrow, I'm going to be ready.

0:46:030:46:06

Usain and Yohan have both made it through to the semifinals.

0:46:060:46:09

In the World Championships, as in the Olympic Games,

0:46:300:46:33

the semifinals and final are held on the same day,

0:46:330:46:36

with just a two-hour interval between them.

0:46:360:46:39

It's an easy win for Bolt.

0:47:130:47:15

Meanwhile, in the other semifinal,

0:47:150:47:17

Yohan Blake achieves his best performance of the year.

0:47:170:47:20

The final looks set to be a two-horse race - Bolt versus Blake.

0:47:200:47:25

Coach Mills prefers to stay behind the scenes when his athletes race.

0:47:320:47:35

He'll be watching the final from here,

0:47:350:47:38

the warm-up track, on a giant screen.

0:47:380:47:40

CROWD ROARS

0:47:480:47:49

LOUDSPEAKER: Ssh.

0:48:350:48:36

-On your marks.

-Go!

0:48:400:48:42

Set.

0:48:500:48:51

STARTER GUN FIRES

0:48:510:48:53

INAUDIBLE

0:48:570:48:59

Come on, Yohan! Come on, Yohan!

0:50:000:50:02

While the Bolt family congratulate Yohan,

0:50:370:50:40

agent Ricky looks for Usain, but he's nowhere to be found.

0:50:400:50:43

I've just been all the way round. I can't see him anywhere.

0:50:480:50:52

Can we go to the changing rooms?

0:50:520:50:54

-Yeah, but I don't...

-I know where they are.

0:50:540:50:56

Even the organisers have lost track of him.

0:50:560:50:59

-You have a sleep?

-Try getting some.

-Then get some practice.

0:51:430:51:47

The new world champion, people - Yohan Blake!

0:51:470:51:49

USAIN CHUCKLES

0:51:490:51:51

It's not a team sport but if I didn't get it I'm happy he did.

0:51:510:51:54

I've seen him train, man. I've seen the work he put in.

0:51:540:51:56

He works more hard than me.

0:51:560:51:59

YOHAN LAUGHS

0:51:590:52:00

-So it's a mixed feeling tonight? I mean, you're happy for Yohan?

-Yeah.

0:52:150:52:19

-But not for you?

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

0:52:190:52:23

You learn that.

0:52:230:52:24

I grew up in the church so there was one thing they always say,

0:52:250:52:28

"Everything happen for a reason. God has a plan for everybody," so...

0:52:280:52:33

You can't really complain. You've got to just move on.

0:52:330:52:36

I have one more race to go, so I can't stress over that and worry.

0:52:360:52:40

I've got to focus on the next task at hand, so that's what's up next.

0:52:400:52:45

I'm kind of pissed at myself cos I've been working hard,

0:52:460:52:50

on my start especially.

0:52:500:52:51

You've been along the way. You've seen the work that I put in.

0:52:510:52:55

You've seen what I've gone through, the bad starts, the bad races,

0:52:590:53:02

and it finally came together at the right time, man.

0:53:020:53:05

I pretty much just squandered it, I would say.

0:53:050:53:08

All I could hear was something saying, "Go," in my head.

0:53:130:53:15

And I just went. And after, I was like, "What the hell just happened?"

0:53:150:53:19

I guess tonight I was my worst enemy, so...

0:53:210:53:23

Cos I should have won that race easy, but...

0:53:230:53:26

..can't dwell on the past.

0:53:270:53:30

I'm not dwelling.

0:53:300:53:32

Manchester United just won. I'm happy. Moving on.

0:53:320:53:35

What marks a great champion is the ability to bounce back.

0:53:440:53:47

Six days after his false start,

0:53:470:53:49

Usain lines up for the 200 metres final.

0:53:490:53:53

CROWD DROWNS OUT SPEECH

0:54:230:54:25

LOUDSPEAKER: Ssh.

0:54:290:54:31

Set.

0:54:340:54:36

# Hold on to the dream

0:54:440:54:49

# Hold on

0:54:490:54:51

# Hold on now, now

0:54:510:54:53

# Hold on and believe

0:54:530:54:56

# Though we already won

0:54:560:54:58

# We still hold on

0:54:580:55:00

# Hold on

0:55:000:55:02

# Hold on now, now

0:55:020:55:05

# We'll still hold on

0:55:060:55:08

# Hold on

0:55:080:55:10

# Hold on now, now

0:55:100:55:15

# Hold on to the dream

0:55:150:55:16

# Finish line, I'll see you there

0:55:160:55:18

# I know you're well-prepared

0:55:180:55:20

# Put aside all your fears

0:55:200:55:22

# God will answer all your prayers

0:55:220:55:24

# My team that no-one cares

0:55:240:55:26

# Been working hard for years

0:55:260:55:29

# Keep climbing up the stairs

0:55:290:55:30

# Got to know that you already there... #

0:55:300:55:34

Who's the champion now? Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh!

0:55:350:55:40

The next day, in the final of the 4x100 metres relay,

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it's Yohan Blake who passes the baton to Bolt.

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Together, they set a new world record.

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It's the only record broken in the entire 2011 track and field season.

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# ..Though we already won

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# We'll still hold on... #

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I didn't dream that it would happen.

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Myself is really searching to find out how come? Why?

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What caused him to be so fast?

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Is he here for a purpose?

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Yo!

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I'm number one, we all are number one. All day, every day.

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That's what we do - fast running.

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Jamaica - smallest island, biggest at heart.

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Jamaica!

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He wants to be a legend and he said,

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"To be a legend, is to repeat it in London."

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I say, "Thank you, Lord, for what you have done.

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"You have given him the strength. You have given him the courage.

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"And I am really grateful."

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Started off bad, but the fans really came into it over the 200 metres, the 4x1,

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and at the end of the championship, I got a world record with a great team,

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so the lesson is just keep your head up, no matter what happen.

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Usain now faces the greatest challenge of his career - the London Olympics.

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If he can win gold in the 100 metres,

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he will become one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history.

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The world is watching.

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Can Usain Bolt fulfil his destiny and become a legend?

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# Hold on now, now

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# Hold on and believe

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# Though you already won

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# We'll still hold on

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# Hold on

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# Hold on now, now

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# We'll still hold on

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# Hold on

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# Hold on now, now

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# Hold on to the dream

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# Although the road is long We'll still hold on

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# We carry on... #

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