0:00:02 > 0:00:06# Lightning Bolt... #
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Usain Bolt.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Prince of the track. Watch out!
0:00:11 > 0:00:12He is ready to attack.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20When the gun shoots in the air...
0:00:21 > 0:00:25..Usain has no fear.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28England, Canada, USA, beware!
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# ..Oh, Lightning It's time to shine
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# Lightning Bolt strikes twice in record time... #
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Usain Bolt streaking away from the field.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43It's going to be gold for Jamaica! That is superb!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's a new world record!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48He has blown them all away!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50That was phenomenal!
0:00:52 > 0:00:56There is no doubt about it. Usain Bolt is unique.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59I mean, he is ridiculously unique.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02This country is a phenomenon in itself.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06I mean, it's got a population of just under three million people,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10and it has amassed 13 gold medals in the Olympics.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14It's fair to say this place is a sprinting powerhouse.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19But what is it that makes Jamaicans so fast? I'm here to find out.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Come get me.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31'It's a story that involves some hard training...'
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Everyone here is just focused, man.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Look at them. Focused.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40'..a look back into history...'
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Jamaica will rule for a long time to come!
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I like this, I like this!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Not that you're biased!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51'..and some very special vegetables.'
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Get some of the good Jamaican yam.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56That will make him run faster.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03We love winning, so we work hard because we are a very proud race,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06so we're just confident in what we do, always.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08World record!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11He has blown them all away!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13That was phenomenal.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Grand stand tickets here. Grand stand. Grand stand.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18KLAXON
0:02:24 > 0:02:30I've arrived just as the biggest event of the Jamaican sporting calendar is kicking off.
0:02:33 > 0:02:39It's called Champs, and it's the most immense school sports day imaginable.
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Now, I don't know what your school sports day was like, but mine was pretty average.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48But here in Jamaica, they take school sports to another level.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Champs lasts for four days, and is televised across the whole of Jamaica.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05More than 200 schools send their best sports stars to compete.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Previous champions have gone on to win Olympic gold and break world records.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19And it's where Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world, was first spotted.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Now, the final quarter...
0:03:28 > 0:03:30But Bolt isn't the only one.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34For years, Jamaicans have dominated the world of sprinting.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38But what makes them so good? Well, there are several theories.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52We're at William Knibb Memorial High School.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56This is where the man himself, Usain Bolt, went to school.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01And in here are a group of athletes who are trying their best to be just like him, if not better.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04WHISTLE
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Go!
0:04:06 > 0:04:12I arrive as the group are putting in some last minute training for this year's Champs.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I can't believe this is where Usain Bolt used to train.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23It's not...so much an athletics track, but just dust.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25In terms of William Knibb as a school,
0:04:25 > 0:04:30the confidence and discipline they're instilling in these children is absolutely phenomenal.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34What I can't wait to see is who the next Usain Bolt's going to be.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44They're trying to improve on things.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Bolt is funding the building of a new canteen,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51and also providing kit for the athletes.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54It's a gesture that hasn't gone unnoticed.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59How does someone like Usain Bolt inspire you to be a better runner?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Well, a lot, he has inspired me a lot,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04to see how his hard work has paid off for him in life.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08To see that he is doing work for the school and for everyone, you know?
0:05:08 > 0:05:13- Would you like one day to be in the same position?- Yes, I'd like to be in his position one day.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16To do work for my school and my family and my community.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18And my country.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Achieving more is what the sports programmes here are designed to do.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Get these kids performing sport at the highest level,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33but also give them an option, something to aspire to
0:05:33 > 0:05:38in a country where the average salary is a mere 400 a month,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41where poverty forces many into a life of crime.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Lorna Thorpe is head of PE at William Knibb.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49WHISTLE
0:05:50 > 0:05:55She taught Bolt when he was at school here and pupils today
0:05:55 > 0:05:57still see her as an inspiration.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04How do you feel when I say to you that a lot of them credit their success to you?
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I've spoken to a few of them now and they say,
0:06:07 > 0:06:10"Without her, we couldn't have got to where we got to."
0:06:10 > 0:06:12How does that make you feel as a person?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Well, very good,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16but it's part of my job.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19I have to just work for them.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22That's what I get paid for, to work with them.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24You're so modest.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29You guys are making such a massive difference here, because what would they be doing otherwise?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- They'd be out of the street or doing something they shouldn't be doing.- Exactly.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36You say it's a job, but it's more than that from what I see here.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- It's a passion.- It really is.
0:06:39 > 0:06:45It's a passion. You ask Usain, he'll tell you that. It's just a passion.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46I have to be there for them.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50- Set... - WHISTLE
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Each parish has a different type of yam.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Yams grow all over Jamaica,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09'and many think they might have magical speed-giving properties.'
0:07:11 > 0:07:15There's no specific evidence to prove this, but studies here
0:07:15 > 0:07:20are investigating a possible link between the yam and muscle growth.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24What is pretty clear, though, is that if you want a bit of a boost,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27a yam is a good food to give you that quick burst of energy.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I've been trying to figure out what makes Jamaicans so fast,
0:07:30 > 0:07:34and people are telling me that these yams are essential.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38I eat yams and after I've eaten yams, I'm not going to lie to you, I feel a bit sleepy.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I don't know if it gives you energy. Why are they special?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Maybe you've had too much, but these yams are a complex carbohydrate.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46In other words, they are made up of special nutrients
0:07:46 > 0:07:50that release slowly in the bloodstream and give the players
0:07:50 > 0:07:52and the athletes energy
0:07:52 > 0:07:53over a longer time.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Compare that to a simple biscuit,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58which just has flour and sugar and sweetening.
0:07:58 > 0:08:04This is a complex carbohydrate, whereas a biscuit is a simple carbohydrate. It won't work as well.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23The thing is, if you look at where he grew up,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26it's not hard to see how Bolt would have burnt off those carbs.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31You can kind of see why someone like Usain Bolt
0:08:31 > 0:08:35has got such great muscle definition, because if you're
0:08:35 > 0:08:39having to do this at least once or even twice a week,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42you'll be hench, you'll be built.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Thus Jamaicans as well, actually, if you think about it, in the grand
0:08:46 > 0:08:50scheme of things, they're becoming fit without even thinking about it.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Bolt grew up here in Trelawney in the north of the island.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Like so many young Jamaicans, he would walk to school,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14run errands for his family and play football, just like any regular kid.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19But if you do it in Trelawney, you do it uphill and down.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30If there's one man who should know a thing or two about the environment
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Bolt grew up in, it's Usain's dad, Wellsley.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Your son is extraordinary.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39What he's done for athletics in this country is fantastic.
0:09:39 > 0:09:45Why do you think in the last two or three years, Jamaica have dominated sprinting?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Look at Asafa Powell
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and other athletes. What are you guys doing, man?
0:09:50 > 0:09:51What are you feeding these people?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Really, in Jamaica we don't eat a lot
0:09:54 > 0:09:56of fertiliser food.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57A lot of spray goes on food
0:09:57 > 0:09:58in other countries.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00It don't happen here.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02We eat a lot of yams, normal food that we grow,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04yams, banana and all those things.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- It's all organic food.- Organic.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09And a lot of these are from the hilly terrain.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13You know, my son used to walk miles to school.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15So you're already getting fit before you even know it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Before you know it.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21So, therefore, I think that is what causes them to run so fast,
0:10:21 > 0:10:25the athletes. This year, they have some great sprinters coming up.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35'I called by Bolt's primary school to learn a bit more about his life growing up.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39'Apparently as a young boy, he loved playing football.'
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Shoot, shoot!
0:10:41 > 0:10:45'Many of these children at his old school don't wear shoes to run or play.'
0:10:45 > 0:10:47Look at the skills, look at the skills!
0:10:47 > 0:10:52'There's a thought that this might allow the foot muscles to develop more strength.
0:10:53 > 0:10:59'But more than that, sport is a vehicle for many people all over Jamaica to seek a brighter future.'
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Since I've been here, kids are just outside and active all the time.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I think football's very similar to athletics
0:11:14 > 0:11:18in the sense that for a lot of kids, it's a way to leave poverty.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20And most of these children here see
0:11:20 > 0:11:25themselves as the next Didier Drogba, the next Cristiano Ronaldo.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28And I think athletics does just that.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33And having someone like Usain Bolt being from around here is a definite inspiration for a lot of them.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Ready?- Yeah.
0:11:45 > 0:11:50They may not have the most amazing facilities, but that doesn't seem to matter.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Kids this age need someone to look up to,
0:11:53 > 0:11:59someone who's fought their way out of whatever conditions they grew up in and made it to the big time.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Have you met Usain Bolt before, any of you guys?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Yes, sir.- Really? What's he like?
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Tall.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09'To say Usain Bolt is something of a role model at his old school
0:12:09 > 0:12:12'is probably the understatement of the year'.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Can I run?- Can you run fast?
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Well... I can run, but not fast.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- I'll race you.- You want to race me?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22OK, I'll give you a deal.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27If you teach me this Usain Bolt dance, if you guys teach me all together, I'll race you.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28So leg this way, yeah?
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Like that? Yeah? Like that?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36OK, so we do the left one.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38And with this one as well?
0:12:42 > 0:12:43And then this one again?
0:12:44 > 0:12:46And then that one again.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Windin' and grindin'...
0:12:51 > 0:12:53You're cheating, man! Oi!
0:12:53 > 0:12:55You're cheating! You can't do that!
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Trelawney is picture postcard Caribbean.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Its beaches welcome visitors from around the world.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17But it wasn't so long ago that its shores were attracting a more sinister trade.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Here at Falmouth Bay, many, many years ago,
0:13:36 > 0:13:39on a clear day you could see up to
0:13:39 > 0:13:4430 ships bringing slaves in from Africa to work on the plantations.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47That's very hard to believe considering these lovely views,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50but it's an integral part of Jamaica's history.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55# I remember on the slave ship
0:13:55 > 0:13:59# How they brutalise our very souls... #
0:13:59 > 0:14:04These days, the darker moments of Jamaican history are a good draw for the tourist industry.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Walking around this place,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10you get an incredible sense of the wealth this island
0:14:10 > 0:14:16delivered to the British Empire, but also the human cost.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20At the end of the 18th century, this whole area
0:14:20 > 0:14:24was littered with plantations making this stuff - sugar.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Jamaica was the largest producer of sugar at that time.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Plantation life was cruel.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Slaves as young as five were forced to do backbreaking work from dawn till dusk.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43Families were split up, and slaves were beaten if they didn't work hard enough.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47# Every time I hear the crack of a whip
0:14:47 > 0:14:49# My blood runs cold... #
0:14:49 > 0:14:53It's little wonder that many tried to escape, running for their lives.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57If they were caught, they would be punished by being whipped or
0:14:57 > 0:15:01having their toes cut, so they didn't run away again.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07But many did manage to escape to freedom.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Jamaica had more runaways than anywhere else in the world.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14And some say that it's this determination and toughness
0:15:14 > 0:15:18of the African slaves that lives on in Jamaican sprinters today.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28# Slave driver The table is turned... #
0:15:31 > 0:15:33No, no, no, you don't peel it like that.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- How do you peel it?- Let me show you.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39You hold it like this, and take your time and peel it.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43'So it could be the African heritage, the hill-running,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47'and the yams like these that help Jamaicans run so fast.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50'But surely there must be something more scientific to it than that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:56'Well, there could be one clue to that sizzling away just next door.'
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Look at the chicken!
0:16:03 > 0:16:05This is your special recipe?
0:16:05 > 0:16:09'Jamaica is known all over the world for its jerk chicken.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15'The meat is marinated in a variety of secret ingredients, including one
0:16:15 > 0:16:19'of the hottest spices going, the scotch bonnet pepper.'
0:16:20 > 0:16:22And put it on top.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25'It's then cooked over a wood fire.'
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Jerk away.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Seeing all this chicken meat
0:16:32 > 0:16:35reminds me that I've still got more work to do to find
0:16:35 > 0:16:38a reason why Jamaican muscles power them to such speeds.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43I've heard that a large number of Jamaicans have something called the fast-twitch muscle,
0:16:43 > 0:16:49something that gives them a greater explosive ability to get off the blocks fast.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Professor Errol Morrison is a scientist at Kingston's University of Technology.
0:17:01 > 0:17:08His research points to a rich gene pool in Jamaica that is producing fast runners.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11In the Jamaican group that we have studied so far,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13the genes are pretty homogenous.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16By that, I mean it's pretty similar.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20As opposed to when you look at the runners form the United States,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25those very elite runners, the best runners, their genetic make-up is slightly different.
0:17:25 > 0:17:32It's special and different from the rest of the community from which they spring. So those are special groups.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35But in Jamaica, it's all pretty much the same.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40So there are many more potential Usain Bolts, Asafa Powells, Shelly-Ann Frasers out there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Many, many, many. So Jamaica will rule for a long time to come.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50- I like this! Not that you're biased! - Not biased at all!
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Just having good genes doesn't mean you'll break a world record.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Professor Morrison has also looked into the technique of Jamaican sprinters.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05So, do I have what it takes?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- What do you think? - You saw that symmetry, you know.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12That ease. It doesn't come that easily for many others, you know.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18But there's a natural fluidity of style, as we would say, the way in which you had that symmetry.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21And you have the knee-lift without making any effort.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23You could see that, you know.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I think those are some of the makings, the early makings, of a sprinter.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37So it seems I've got the physique of a sprinter.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39But I've also heard about something called the speed gene.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43So I've come here to the University of the West Indies to find out.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Have you tested some Olympians?- Yes.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- Do they all possess the speed gene? - They all possess the speed gene.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- Wow.- The gene, food...
0:18:53 > 0:18:57'Professor Rachael Irving works at the same university where Usain Bolt trains.'
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- Can you test me for the speed gene? - Well, I need you to test yourself.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03'She's discovered that the fast-twitch muscle
0:19:03 > 0:19:10'can be produced by high levels of something called the strong 57RR variant of the alpha actinin.'
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Kind of like brushing your teeth.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17'Luckily, it's also called the speed gene,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20'and there's a simple test to see if I've got it.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25'It's present in about 75% of the population'. Oh, here we go.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27"Andy's saliva sample."
0:19:27 > 0:19:30'Now, obviously these people don't go on to be Olympic champions,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33'so Professor Irving has another test up her sleeve.'
0:19:33 > 0:19:36I'll also test you for a neurotransmitter.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37What's a neurotransmitter?
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Serotonin, to find out if you're strong enough to win a gold medal,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45if you're somebody like Usain Bolt.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Now, what would those serotonin levels actually mean?
0:19:49 > 0:19:52It determines mental toughness.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56If your level is low, you tend to be a quitter.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- If your level is high, then you have a special gene and you tend to be very...- Determined?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Dominant, aggressive, determined.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07You're able to win under almost any condition.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09You close out everything else.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Interesting. So that could possibly...- That gives you the edge.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16..be what gives Olympic champions the edge over everyone else.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Everyone else.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22# Lightning Bolt... #
0:20:22 > 0:20:25'A lot of what I've heard here rings true.
0:20:25 > 0:20:32'There's a little bit of all these theories in many Jamaicans, especially Usain Bolt.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35'It's time to put all this to the man himself.'
0:20:46 > 0:20:47Nice to meet you.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49I'm Ryan. Got the microphone.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Thanks for meeting us.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53This is an absolute pleasure.
0:20:53 > 0:20:58I've been in Jamaica for a few days now, and there is some raw energy here, man.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00People here are lively.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06And I also see that when you guys are on the track, you especially, and other athletes. Now, what is it?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Some people call it arrogance. Is it arrogance or confidence?
0:21:09 > 0:21:10No, it's confidence.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12We're confident people.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16We love winning, so we work hard because we're a very proud race, so,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19for me, we're just confident in what we do, always.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:21:22 > 0:21:24# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:21:24 > 0:21:28# Any way a man can run Any way a man can run, Bolt! #
0:21:28 > 0:21:32I went back to your old school and your primary school,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35and a lot of the children were completely inspired by you.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38They want to emulate you.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Some of them don't just want to be like you, they want to be you.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44I mean, what is that in Jamaicans?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- You guys aim high.- Yeah, definitely.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52I've seen it from a young age, a lot of kids are always telling me they're going to be like me.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Even five-year-old kids see me and say "I'm going to beat you one day."
0:21:56 > 0:22:00It's all fun, because they really want to be a champion and
0:22:00 > 0:22:03that's a good thing for us because you drive hard and you aim high.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05So, it's always good.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10# Any way a guy can run Any way a guy can run, beware! #
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I met Miss Thorpe, who was your old secondary school teacher.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17How much of an influence in your life has she been on where you are now?
0:22:17 > 0:22:19For me, she's like a second mum.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23..so therefore they looked somewhere else to see if they could get
0:22:23 > 0:22:27the amount of people that they needed to work in the sugar industry.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31While I was in high school, she looked out for me,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35anything I wanted, she made sure I was in class.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41She was always on me in school to make sure everything was OK, always focused on me.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43So she played a very big part for me.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47OK, final question. As a nation, why are you guys so fast?
0:22:47 > 0:22:53Well, as I say, we are a proud race and we want to be the best in whatever we do. You saw Champs.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58They work so hard to be the best at Champs. It means so much to them.
0:22:58 > 0:23:03When I was growing up, to win a Champs gold medal was like winning a World Championship gold medal.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11So many talent comes up.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15We just keep getting more talent because we work so hard to be the best.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19I guess the scary thing for me now is that it's not just you,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23there's plenty more out there that are going to take over the world, you know?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26There's going to be a lot of talent coming up.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I've been telling all of them, "Yeah, you're going to be good,"
0:23:30 > 0:23:35but I keep trying to get in their mind by saying "You're not going to get me." So I play on their minds.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Watch out! One day, you never know.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40- Respect, Usain. Thank you very much. - No problem.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53Back at William Knibb, we're up at the crack of dawn and loading up for the four-day trip to Kingston.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Having spent time with the great man himself, it's all the more poignant to see today's generation
0:23:58 > 0:24:04of track-and-field hopefuls from his old school getting ready for their big moment in the spotlight.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09You have a great heritage in terms of track-and-field.
0:24:09 > 0:24:15Not just of the school itself, but for the entire parish.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18So you have some amount of weight on your shoulders.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23You can't just go to Kingston to participate.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28You have to go to Kingston to compete,
0:24:28 > 0:24:32and to compete fiercely.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41All right, guys. Have a good time.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Don't be scared. Do well.
0:24:53 > 0:24:59Coming to Champs is all about the sport, of course, but it's also much more than that.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02It's a glimpse into another life away from home,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04a chance to prove they can achieve something.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Do you think, then, that Champs is training you guys for the next level?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17Yeah. Absolutely. And exposing us to the world.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Because when you're out there in the final, the world is watching you, as what you said.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24So yeah, they're inspiring us a lot.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Interesting.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Now, do you guys one day see yourselves in the Olympics?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Well, that's my dream.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Final. Not only in the Olympics.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- At the gold standard.- Really?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40The Diamond Leagues and all that kind of stuff?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Standing there with Jamaica! - Jamaica, you know what I mean?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46# Bolt, Bolt
0:25:46 > 0:25:49# Lightning strike twice in-a the same place
0:25:49 > 0:25:51# You outside Then you miss the race
0:25:51 > 0:25:53# No your fault as it happen so fast
0:25:53 > 0:25:55# Unless you're interested in who come last... #
0:25:55 > 0:26:02The dream of competing at the Olympics is nurtured at schools in Jamaica, and it lasts a lifetime.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Just look at these kids' faces.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10You can see they are serious about making it,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12that tonight is the start of something big.
0:26:12 > 0:26:19And for Jamaicans, it doesn't really get bigger than success on the track.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26# Hold nothing back It's time to shine
0:26:26 > 0:26:29# Lightning Bolt strike twice in record time
0:26:31 > 0:26:34# Hold nothing back It's time to shine
0:26:34 > 0:26:38# Don't give up Just cross the finish line
0:26:38 > 0:26:41# Just shine... #
0:26:41 > 0:26:48What one man achieved in 9.58 seconds has the real potential to change these kids' lives.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53He's made it, and his story, how he got to where he is today,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56is in many ways the story for all Jamaicans.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59# Hold nothing back
0:26:59 > 0:27:00# It's time to shine... #
0:27:00 > 0:27:06And it's pretty sure to be inspiring generations of champs to come.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07They've got something here.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10It's Jamaican, man.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13# ..Don't give up Just cross the finish line
0:27:13 > 0:27:15# Just shine... #
0:27:19 > 0:27:24You know, we came to Jamaica to find out what it is that makes these guys run so fast.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Well, it's a whole heap of things, from the speed gene to food
0:27:28 > 0:27:32to the fact that they're the descendants of former slaves.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35If I'm honest, I think it's a mixture of all those things.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38But if Champs is anything to go by,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40they have a lot more waiting in stock.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43All I can say is, the world better watch out.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Hello, Dr Irving?
0:27:47 > 0:27:52Hi, it's Andy. Yeah, I'm good.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Basically, I want to know whether you've got the conclusion to your speed gene experiment?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01I have got the speed gene?!
0:28:01 > 0:28:02All right, cool.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04That's good to know, thank you.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06All right, bye bye.
0:28:06 > 0:28:07I've got the speed gene!
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I kind of already knew that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Cos I'm just fast.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Jamaicans are proud of him Now he wears a marvellous crown
0:28:16 > 0:28:21Usain Bolt, prince of the track Never, never look back.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:28:24 > 0:28:26# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:28:26 > 0:28:30# Any way a man can run Any way a man can run, Bolt! #
0:28:30 > 0:28:33# Bolt's so fast and Bolt's so fit, him na pull a string
0:28:33 > 0:28:34# Cos he's physically fit
0:28:34 > 0:28:37# Every race him running come first... #
0:28:37 > 0:28:40# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:28:40 > 0:28:42# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:28:42 > 0:28:46# Any way a man can run Any way a man can run, Bolt! #
0:28:46 > 0:28:48# Everybody rate him as the world best
0:28:48 > 0:28:52# Lightning Bolt, him na defeatist Lightning deserve me respect for. #
0:28:52 > 0:28:54# Any way a man can run, Bolt
0:28:54 > 0:28:57# Any way a man can run Any way a man can run
0:28:57 > 0:28:59# Victory to the world! #
0:28:59 > 0:29:01Yeah, man!
0:29:01 > 0:29:04How much do they like Usain Bolt here?
0:29:04 > 0:29:06He is such an inspiration to these kids.
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