0:00:05 > 0:00:07The London Olympics...
0:00:09 > 0:00:13..the most anticipated event in 2012 is almost upon us...
0:00:15 > 0:00:19..and once the Games finally get under way, there'll be one event
0:00:19 > 0:00:23that will be watched by more people across the globe than any other...
0:00:25 > 0:00:28..the 100m final.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Tickets sold out for this event in just a few hours.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35It is the race everyone wants to see because of one man.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40The fastest man who has ever lived.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Usain Bolt, triple Olympic gold medallist
0:00:48 > 0:00:50and triple world record holder.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53If he wins in London, he is set to become
0:00:53 > 0:00:56the greatest sprinter of all time.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58In his way are the men
0:00:58 > 0:01:01also dreaming of claiming the greatest prize in sport.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07But to do that, they'll have to beat Bolt when it matters the most -
0:01:07 > 0:01:09in the 100m final,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13with the world watching, in the Olympic Stadium.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Can any of them upset the odds and rewrite the script?
0:01:17 > 0:01:21CHEERING
0:01:27 > 0:01:30MUSIC: "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" by James Brown
0:01:31 > 0:01:35# Papa's in the swing
0:01:35 > 0:01:39# He ain't too hip
0:01:39 > 0:01:43# About that new breed thing
0:01:43 > 0:01:47# He ain't no drag
0:01:47 > 0:01:50# Papa's got a brand new bag... #
0:01:52 > 0:01:55He's like nothing we've ever seen before.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Usain Bolt is a phenomenon.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- STARTING PISTOL FIRES - He runs faster than scientists
0:02:01 > 0:02:04thought possible, and made winning the world's greatest race look easy.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- COMMENTATOR:- It's going to be gold for Jamaica. That is superb!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11It's a new world record.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19You're just not supposed to win the Olympic 100m final like this,
0:02:19 > 0:02:24and break the world record at the same time!
0:02:24 > 0:02:29Bolt is no mere sportsman, he's a wonder of the world.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34At six foot five, he can reach speeds of nearly 30mph.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38He's so much faster than everyone else
0:02:38 > 0:02:40that if he performs to his best
0:02:40 > 0:02:43experts say he simply cannot be beaten.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- COMMENTATOR:- He has blown them all away.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Usain Bolt is the Olympic champion.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51That was phenomenal.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And the nightmare for his rivals is that Bolt has promised
0:02:56 > 0:03:00to run even faster than this at the London Olympics.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Some of the world's best sprinters
0:03:03 > 0:03:05have simply given up on ever trying to catch him,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09because they know no matter how hard they train,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12they will never run this fast, and never beat Bolt.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16That's some of the world's best sprinters - but not all.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22They are the fantastic five.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Five of the fastest men in the world right now.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Champions in their own right.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32All of them think they have what it takes to beat Bolt at London 2012.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34American Tyson Gay.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35The fastest man
0:03:35 > 0:03:37from the most successful nation
0:03:37 > 0:03:39in Olympic 100m history.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42He knows he can do it.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43He's done it before.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Gay's compatriot Justin Gatlin,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50a former Olympic champion,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53back after a four-year drugs ban.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Once an outcast,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56now with nothing to lose.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Then there are two Jamaicans
0:04:02 > 0:04:04who know Bolt inside out.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Asafa Powell used to be
0:04:05 > 0:04:07the fastest man in the world.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10He's got the raw speed
0:04:10 > 0:04:11to win Olympic gold,
0:04:11 > 0:04:13but it will take more than that.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Then there's the young pretender
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Yohan Blake,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Bolt's training partner, who swears
0:04:21 > 0:04:23he beats the big man every day.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27And from France, Christophe Lemaitre.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30A two-time European 100m champion.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32The first white man
0:04:32 > 0:04:35to run sub-10-seconds...ever!
0:04:35 > 0:04:38CHEERING
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Could he cause the upset of all upsets
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and challenge the stereotype that white men can't sprint?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We follow them all in the run-up to the Games
0:04:47 > 0:04:49as they prepare for the race of their lives.
0:04:49 > 0:04:5312 months ending with a series of dramatic confrontations
0:04:53 > 0:04:55that will show us who, if anyone,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58can beat Bolt at the London Olympics.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Usain Bolt isn't the first sprinter in history
0:05:04 > 0:05:06to be considered unbeatable.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07STARTING GUN FIRES
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Back in 1996 at the Atlanta Games,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Michael Johnson was the king of the long sprints,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16winning gold in both the 200m and 400m,
0:05:16 > 0:05:19breaking world and Olympic records along the way.
0:05:19 > 0:05:24- COMMENTATOR:- This man, surely, is not human.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26The man with the golden shoes.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29He knows what it feels like to be Bolt
0:05:29 > 0:05:33and just what the fantastic five are up against.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38So these are the guys, these are the contenders who are trying to be Bolt.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It's possible, but...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42It'll be tough.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48There are a lot of guys who are capable of winning 100m finals.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50You know, it's just who is better on that day.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Any of these guys can beat Bolt.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56In order for them to do it, he has to not be at his best.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58That's the caveat.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04The big one in London will take less than 10 seconds to run,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08but preparing for the Olympic 100m final takes years...
0:06:08 > 0:06:10SHOUTS INSTRUCTIONS
0:06:13 > 0:06:17..even for the man everyone expects to simply turn up and win.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22Rome. The fastest man who has ever lived is in town.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25He's got a huge year ahead of him.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29In a couple of months, he'll defend his world title in South Korea,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33then it's all about building up to the biggest race of them all
0:06:33 > 0:06:34at the Olympic Games.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37But it all starts here.
0:06:37 > 0:06:4050,000 people have come to this Coliseum
0:06:40 > 0:06:43to see Usain Bolt's first race of the 2011 season.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47The result is a forgone conclusion - for them, anyway.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55BOLT: There's that real thing in the back of your mind.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58Are you still fast?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Who's going to beat you?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Things plays on your mind.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09CHEERING
0:07:09 > 0:07:10STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- COMMENTATOR:- Good clean start. Not the best of starts from Usain Bolt,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Powell's got away, but Bolt's going to chase him down.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Powell's got this one in the bag, has he? And here comes Bolt!
0:07:18 > 0:07:20It's Bolt! He gets it!
0:07:20 > 0:07:21CHEERING
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Bolt wins it.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28I'm not sure Bolt will be too happy with that one.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31BOLT: I did absolutely nothing right. But now that
0:07:31 > 0:07:36I've got the result, I can refocus, watch the race and decide what I need to do.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40SPEECH DROWNED BY CROWD
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Lock that door, lock that door!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49A little bit of both sides there.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55'I was like, this is how people feel sometimes.'
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Bolt may not have looked superhuman in Rome,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11but he's always been the man for the big occasion.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Next to him on the start-line of the world championships 100m final,
0:08:16 > 0:08:21seven men hoping Bolt will not be at his best, praying for a miracle.
0:08:21 > 0:08:22HEARTBEAT POUNDS
0:08:27 > 0:08:29STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- COMMENTATOR:- Oh!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34And Usain Bolt has false-started!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Can you believe it?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The defending champion has false-started.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44They get one.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47With the fastest man in the world disqualified,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50step forward Yohan Blake.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55I tried to look in his eyes but he wasn't looking.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59But you have to refocus and just go back to the starting line.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03And just be relaxed as the gun goes.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05They're on their blocks.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I press the "need for speed" button
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and just go off.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Finally!
0:09:20 > 0:09:22- COMMENTATOR:- The man they call the new Usain Bolt
0:09:22 > 0:09:24has taken the world title.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Finally - I've been working my whole life
0:09:27 > 0:09:29for this moment and it has come true.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Six months before the Games, and a confident Yohan Blake
0:09:47 > 0:09:50is in London checking out where he plans to fulfil his destiny.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53They call him The Beast.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54HE SINGS
0:10:04 > 0:10:08Hey, peace out, man. Olympics, see you soon.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Here it is.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Now you see me, now you don't.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19So this is where it's all going to take place, man. Can't wait.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Olympics, my first time, it's going to be crazy.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Three gold, man, that's what it is!
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Going to be a crazy one.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Ah-ooh! Ah-ooh!
0:10:30 > 0:10:35# I say the same thing twice I'm awkward when I speak
0:10:35 > 0:10:40# Ain't got the perfect smile Don't turn heads on my street
0:10:40 > 0:10:44# Tryin' to be a superstar like everybody else... #
0:10:44 > 0:10:46It's wonderful, man.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49That's where the cookie's going to crumble.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Can't wait.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52It's really nice.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Taking Usain's crown at the world championships
0:10:55 > 0:10:58has already changed Yohan's life.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01He's gone from being Usain's training partner
0:11:01 > 0:11:02to his number one challenger.
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Blake has more than speed - he has real hunger, too.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Score, man.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13# It smashes down... #
0:11:15 > 0:11:18This is my dream. To have a gold medal.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25When I was young, I didn't have a TV to watch an Olympics
0:11:25 > 0:11:29because my background was really poor, where I'm coming from,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32because I didn't born with a gold spoon in my mouth,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36like some people did, and say, "Oh, I can just relax and watch my plasma."
0:11:36 > 0:11:38It wasn't like that for me.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Every day, sometimes we can't find food,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42we can't go to school because there is no money.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44And every day, I say to God, "Father,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48"can something drop out of the ceiling?" But it did not happen.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I prayed for a bicycle and it did not work,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52and God, the next day I get up...
0:11:52 > 0:11:58I felt good and I felt, you know, He gave me a talent, track and field.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00CROWD ROARS
0:12:07 > 0:12:10My focus and my sacrifices.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I don't know if I can say this on your camera,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16but when you're having many girls, I'll probably have one.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21You know, obviously, women will always be there
0:12:21 > 0:12:24so I tend to sacrifice a lot of things.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27That's cool now!
0:12:27 > 0:12:30A driven competitor, you can't help but wonder
0:12:30 > 0:12:34what the dynamic is like between Blake and Bolt in training.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And water warm after that!
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Every time in training, I want to win but he's always there.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I say, "OK, am I going to win on the big day?"
0:12:43 > 0:12:45So that's I tend to be at the front,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49so when I go on the track I say, "I didn't beat him in training."
0:12:49 > 0:12:52He always say to me, "Yohan, look, you're not doing this for the people,
0:12:52 > 0:12:54"you're not doing this for the fans,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57"you're not doing this for your family.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00"You're doing this for yourself." He can motivate me.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05No matter what happen, if we win, lose or draw, we're still friends,
0:13:05 > 0:13:09so even though it is business, he want to win, I want to win, so...
0:13:11 > 0:13:16When I'm running, it's all business. I'm like a beast.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18I don't play with people.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I will say to myself, "Kill them all and then..."
0:13:23 > 0:13:27To get that goal, somebody have to dead, somebody have to die, so...
0:13:29 > 0:13:32STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:13:32 > 0:13:36He trains with Bolt every day, so he feels like, in his mind,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40he's training with the best coach and in the best group in the world,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42so he's going to go in with the confidence
0:13:42 > 0:13:46in terms of where he is physically, that he's as good as it gets.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Of all the athletes out here that are in contention,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53no-one has higher confidence than he does,
0:13:53 > 0:13:55and confidence is extremely important
0:13:55 > 0:13:57when it comes to a 100m final at the Olympic Games.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01But he's in a position where, if he doesn't win it, so?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Look who you're running against! The fastest man ever!
0:14:04 > 0:14:06You lost it to the best 100m sprinter
0:14:06 > 0:14:08in the history of the sport.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10MUSIC: "I'm So Special" by Mavado
0:14:15 > 0:14:18While Blake is in London touring the Olympic Stadium,
0:14:18 > 0:14:22the fastest man in the world is also in the capital, at a fashion show,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26showing off the kit he'll be wearing at the Games a few months from now.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28He is still the Man!
0:14:28 > 0:14:33He might have lost his world title, but he wasn't in the race.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36He remains unbeaten over 100m, and come the big occasion,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38and for the experts,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41it's still unthinkable that he'll lose in London.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's easy why he could win it. He's the best.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49He's so much better than everyone else...in history,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51not just these guys.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53He's physically just one of those athletes
0:14:53 > 0:14:57who comes along every 15-20 years, and is just different.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00And he is. And that's just physical.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Mentally, when you see him at his best,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06he's able to go out there with a confidence that no-one else has,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and a lot of that has to do with the fact that he's the best.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13He's physically superior. It's like a man running against boys.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Powell gets a great start, so does Chambers...
0:15:21 > 0:15:26Whoever wins the 100m in London will undoubtedly be fast.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29But being fast is not enough. Just ask Asafa Powell.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35You have just seen the fastest man on Earth.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Wow!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Not long ago, Asafa was the fastest man the world had ever seen.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43I'm sorry, I'm not sure who was second.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Yet he's never won a global sprint title.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49The rest look up in awe, because that margin was astonishing.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Absolutely astonishing.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55During that period, you know, I felt like a superman, you know.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Feel like, "Hey, I'm the world record holder,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02"the fastest man in the world," and it was something cool to be.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06This doesn't happen very often.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Asafa is the pioneering member of the Golden Sprint Trio
0:16:14 > 0:16:17of Powell, Bolt and Blake.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20MUSIC: "Them Belly Full" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
0:16:20 > 0:16:23They make the Jamaican team the fastest on Earth.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Despite having a population of just two million,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Jamaica rules the world in sprinting.
0:16:48 > 0:16:54The Men's and Women's 100m at the last Olympics were won by Jamaicans.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00CROWD ROARS
0:17:00 > 0:17:03This is where Jamaican sprinters begin their education.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The High School Championships. Champs.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Champs is where everybody come, as you can see. There's a massive crowd.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15This is where all the creme de la creme, the crops,
0:17:15 > 0:17:16all the fast people made from.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19They teach you how to win and how to lose.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35As youngsters, Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake were regular winners here.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Asafa Powell, though, always struggled when it mattered.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42They just throw me out there with the big dogs.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46The expectation just got from here to through the roof,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48even though people are still expecting a lot from me.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Powell has broken the world record twice in his career.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57Never at a World Championship, never at an Olympic Games.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59He hasn't been able to manage pressure well.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03If you don't have confidence, if you don't manage pressure well,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06you're not going to be able to have your best races
0:18:06 > 0:18:07at the Championships.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11In 2003, Powell went to the World Championships
0:18:11 > 0:18:12and impressed in the early rounds.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Great expectation in Jamaica
0:18:14 > 0:18:18and across the world was suddenly on his shoulders.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Talk of him winning here and then becoming
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Jamaica's first ever Olympic 100m champion
0:18:25 > 0:18:28in Athens a year later had started.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29That was the plan,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33but nerves and a false start in the semi-final put paid to that.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36It still haunts him.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Things would have been a lot different now.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44If I'd won a Gold Medal back then, it would be a different ball game.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49Maybe, you know, I would be so confident, you know,
0:18:49 > 0:18:54just go down the track and run 9.5 seconds just cruising, you know.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59But, right now, I just feel like I have to be working a lot harder
0:18:59 > 0:19:03to achieve something that I should have achieved years ago.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Everything was new to Asafa,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08including the idea...
0:19:08 > 0:19:14the issue of how to manage your anxiety and so on,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18and over time he has learned and his performances in the Championships
0:19:18 > 0:19:22have become better, to the point where the last one, he won it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I think the first time, he ran a season's best for the year.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28All right!
0:19:28 > 0:19:33I expect that if he continues to grasp the importance
0:19:33 > 0:19:35of managing his anxiety at the Championships,
0:19:35 > 0:19:39he will do even better this time around.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42COACH SHOUTS
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Sprint, man! Sprint!
0:19:46 > 0:19:50A lot of it is personality. Bolt has the type of personality,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53he's very relaxed, he's a fun-loving guy.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Powell is much more uptight, he's a worrier.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58He looks worried on the start line.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01You're not going to really be able to change that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Can you improve it? You can improve anything,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05but you're never going to change who a person is.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08But I think he's actually content to just finish well and get a medal
0:20:08 > 0:20:12because he wasn't even doing that before when he was favourite to win.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Always with him is about preparation.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Has he prepared enough to be in shape
0:20:20 > 0:20:25and to be healthy at the time when that time comes around?
0:20:30 > 0:20:32That to me is a big question,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36and if it is yes then I think he probably can win the Olympics.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Yo! Running a 10-2 yet?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Er, 10-5, man, 10-4.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47If it is no, then...who knows?
0:20:47 > 0:20:50With the Olympics now just a couple of months away,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52no-one is working harder than Asafa.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05I think I would be a lot better if I enjoyed training,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08so that answer your question, I don't like training at all.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Pick it up, pick it up! Pick it up!
0:21:12 > 0:21:15We sprinters think that we can never get slow.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17The less we train is the faster we get, you know,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22so I have no idea what kind of place you have to be in
0:21:22 > 0:21:26where I have to put my mind to be so dedicated.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31I've tried a few times and, erm...
0:21:31 > 0:21:34it's not a sprinter's thing.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42On the track I am dying. I'm dying, this is leisure.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46I'm relaxed when I'm doing this.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49All the time when I'm away, I always call my cousin,
0:21:49 > 0:21:54tell him to make a video of the cars and send to me,
0:21:54 > 0:21:59so I can look at them or take pictures because I always miss them.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01When I'm coming I'll call and say,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05"Yo, put the Mercedes out the back so I can drive it when I get home."
0:22:07 > 0:22:09ENGINE REVS
0:22:12 > 0:22:14DANCEHALL MUSIC PLAYS
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I don't know, maybe they can install some machine in my legs,
0:22:19 > 0:22:20so I don't have to train!
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Just put in the turbo, you know, bigger turbo and just go and run.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Wish I didn't have to train, but, you know,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32but, you know, it pay off in the end,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34so...going to have to get the work done.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37DANCEHALL MUSIC BLARES
0:22:37 > 0:22:39There you go.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44ASAFA LAUGHS
0:22:46 > 0:22:48MUSIC: "Run" by Air
0:22:56 > 0:22:58SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Europe has not produced an Olympic 100m champion
0:23:06 > 0:23:09since Linford Christie won the big race in Barcelona in 1992.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Could this be the year? The fastest man in Europe comes from France.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20He is one of the most exciting sprinters anywhere in the world.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21SHE SPEAKS FRENCH
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Voila! Impeccable!
0:23:27 > 0:23:30BELL RINGS
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Christophe Lemaitre was running somewhere there.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37He was turning in there, and I think he was...
0:23:37 > 0:23:40He tried to go faster than the train!
0:23:41 > 0:23:46But this one he could! We call him "Le TGV de Culoz".
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Lemaitre cannot run 9.5 seconds like Usain Bolt
0:23:50 > 0:23:54but he can run sub-10 seconds and he's getting faster.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58If Bolt has a bad day, Le TGV is quick enough to take advantage.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02TRANSLATION: 'He's very quiet.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08'A couple of years ago, he did not speak at all.'
0:24:16 > 0:24:20'I had a feeling that I could be quicker than anybody else.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22'That I could be special.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26'I had a capacity to be better than others in something,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30'so that feeling of superiority, I liked that.'
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- TRANSLATION:- 'I think he's built up a lot of frustration at school.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47'A lot of kids picked on him and bullied him
0:24:47 > 0:24:48'because he did not speak.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51'He stuttered a lot when he tried to speak, and things like that.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54'He was not a good student at school, either.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58'But I think he's super talented.'
0:25:13 > 0:25:15STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:25:15 > 0:25:17RACE COMMENTARY IN FRENCH
0:25:32 > 0:25:35He first made global headlines, not for winning gold medals,
0:25:35 > 0:25:38breaking world records or for beating Bolt,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42but for being the first white man to run sub ten seconds.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59'They said I was the first white man to run under ten seconds.'
0:26:01 > 0:26:05"When somebody told me I was the first white guy to run under...",
0:26:05 > 0:26:08I was like, "Really?" I didn't take note of that,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11so when they told me, I was kind of surprised.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I was like, "I never noticed that."
0:26:25 > 0:26:28'Some people would see me, point and say, "Look!
0:26:28 > 0:26:33"There's the first white man to run under ten seconds."
0:26:38 > 0:26:42'He didn't like to hear that, because he's not a racist.
0:26:42 > 0:26:47'He's not interested in that type of idea.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49'I think he made the right decision.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51'He had the right reaction to all of that.'
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Lemaitre's got some work to do.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56It's Dwain Chambers, Lemaitre's coming up...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59It's gold to the Frenchman!
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Gold to the future!
0:27:04 > 0:27:08'I would have expected people to talk more of the performance,
0:27:08 > 0:27:10'about how exceptional it was.'
0:27:13 > 0:27:15'What I say, it's not the colour of your skin.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18'It's the work you put in, yourself.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23'The black athletes originally came from Africa,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25'and if you want to try and explain things,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28'you could say that those who managed to get to United States
0:27:28 > 0:27:32'survived a difficult journey and they were the fittest.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36'But I just don't know. That's one explanation.'
0:27:41 > 0:27:43'There's a lot of stereotypes.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48'Some people only think black athletes can run fast
0:27:48 > 0:27:52'so maybe people have some mental blocks about that.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55'Even subconsciously.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59'I hope that, because I've reached that level
0:27:59 > 0:28:01'and won medals in sprinting events,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05'that this may help to break that stereotype.'
0:28:09 > 0:28:13There's a lot more pressure on him than any of us right now.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18I think he has the world pressure on his back right now.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24He's going to be great. But if the pressure gets too much
0:28:24 > 0:28:27and he can't handle it, he's going to crack.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35If he wins a medal at the Olympic Games,
0:28:35 > 0:28:40he'd be the first to do so in quite some time for a white sprinter.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43If he doesn't, it's what everyone expected.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46I don't see that being a lot of pressure.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I see that only being opportunity, and if he manages it right,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52then he can be in a very good position,
0:28:52 > 0:28:54if he goes into it thinking,
0:28:54 > 0:28:57"Hey, I could sneak in here and get a medal,
0:28:57 > 0:29:01"but if I don't, no-one's going to say it was a huge disappointment."
0:29:02 > 0:29:06'Whenever it took place, I'd be the only white person running.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09'At the World Championships in South Korea, I was the only one,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12'and I didn't really think about that,
0:29:12 > 0:29:13'and it certainly didn't bother me.'
0:29:18 > 0:29:21'I think if the pressure is there, then it will be positive for him
0:29:21 > 0:29:24'and it will make him stronger. He's a real competitor.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26'A real competitor. And if he does have that pressure,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28'it will make him run better.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31'He just wants to beat everybody, and I hope that is how it will be.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33'But it's going to be difficult.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37'London is going to be' very, very difficult.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44In the Czech Republic, three months before the Olympics,
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Bolt runs his slowest ever 100m.
0:29:48 > 0:29:52The poor time and rumours that Bolt is not in the best shape
0:29:52 > 0:29:54are encouraging for his rivals.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57But despite that performance, he wins easily...
0:29:57 > 0:30:01..Cruising to the line, not particularly quick. 10.05...
0:30:04 > 0:30:08..and just a week later, he runs the fastest time of the year...
0:30:10 > 0:30:13..giving the fantastic five plenty to think about.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37The Americans have dominated the race since the '30s,
0:30:37 > 0:30:41and they are on a mission to halt the Bolt onslaught.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Away this time, and Bolt...
0:30:46 > 0:30:49One of them is the fastest American ever,
0:30:49 > 0:30:51and has already beaten Bolt.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54And Tyson Gay is going to take it this time.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Gay wins, Bolt in 2nd, 9.83...
0:31:09 > 0:31:12But just one month before the start of the Olympics,
0:31:12 > 0:31:18Usain Bolt's fiercest rival, the second-fastest man in the world, ever, is launching his comeback.
0:31:32 > 0:31:37The Olympic track meet in London are going to be unbelievable,
0:31:37 > 0:31:39no question about that.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43It might be even better if Tyson Gay, the fastest man ever at 100m
0:31:43 > 0:31:46for the United States is able to come back.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50And in Lucerne, Tyson Gay...
0:31:53 > 0:31:54Tyson Gay...
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Tyson Gay!
0:31:58 > 0:32:01And it's into a headwind of minus 1.5.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Tyson Gay essentially just ran 9.90, folks. Tyson Gay is back.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09He's ready to challenge Justin Gatlin at the US trials.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I feel good. I'm healthy. That's all I can ask for.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16What message does this send out to some of the other guys who might have been watching you?
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Oh, not a big message. But I'm healthy and I'm glad to be back.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24When you have the thought of quitting in your mind,
0:32:24 > 0:32:27that's tough. That's hard to break,
0:32:27 > 0:32:29when you have negative thoughts in your mind.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31So I've been trying to think positive,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35and not think about the problems, but it's very, very difficult.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Feel better. We're rooting for you.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39The last year, man, has been tough.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Definitely mentally.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44When you take off a year, you have time to think about,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47what am I going to do after the sport? Am I going to coach?
0:32:47 > 0:32:50When are you going to retire? A lot of things plague your mind
0:32:50 > 0:32:52and this is the only thing I love,
0:32:52 > 0:32:56so I have to find another hobby to replace this, so it was difficult, trying to get back out there
0:32:56 > 0:32:58and the mind is very strong.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Every morning, you wake up and feel pain when you got out of the bed,
0:33:01 > 0:33:05and you have to go to practice, and it's a sluggish feeling, "Oh, here we go again!"
0:33:05 > 0:33:08So I'm just taking my time. When I warm up in practice,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11I take my time and get faster and faster,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14and that's been helping me, just being more patient.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19I haven't been out there in that world in a long time, man,
0:33:19 > 0:33:22so today, it's a positive note for me.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Whatever it takes to win, that's the goal.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32'It's been difficult, because all I've been know for is tapping my body out,
0:33:32 > 0:33:35'so I'm running a little bit more smarter now in practice.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37'Stay under that pain threshold.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40'Ice after practice, and the same thing again the next day.'
0:33:40 > 0:33:44So I've been having a lot of patience. And I hate it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51He's a competitor and he's a tough competitor.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Very confident in his ability. The issue is,
0:33:54 > 0:33:58it's very difficult to be confident in your ability to go out there
0:33:58 > 0:34:01and have your best performance when you can't really rely on your body.
0:34:05 > 0:34:11Also running in New York, in a separate 100m race, is Yohan Blake.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35SPEECH INAUDIBLE
0:34:37 > 0:34:42I don't know what happened there. I didn't follow the instructions from the coach.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45It's going to be one of the biggest tests of my life,
0:34:45 > 0:34:51because I can't say I'm not healthy. I can only just say I'm not sharp.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Tyson is wily enough not to read to much into Blake's performance here,
0:34:55 > 0:35:00and besides, he's more preoccupied with that other Jamaican.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Tyson! Good luck in the 100m, man!
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I want you to beat Bolt!
0:35:16 > 0:35:19'A different resonance, a different time.'
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Tyson knows from bitter experience that if he is to win in London,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30on the biggest stage of them all,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32it's Bolt he needs to concentrate on.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:35:37 > 0:35:39At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin,
0:35:39 > 0:35:44Tyson Gay would run faster than he has ever run before -
0:35:44 > 0:35:48faster than any American has ever run before.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53But it still wasn't fast enough.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56But the guy's ran 9.5, you know,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59so it only makes sense for him to step it up another bar.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00He's already made the bar
0:36:00 > 0:36:029.5 anyway,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05so everyone else has to evolve and we have to adapt
0:36:05 > 0:36:07and I think him setting the bar there
0:36:07 > 0:36:11it just motivates everyone else to step their game up as well.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16To run your fastest time ever, American record, and come second.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18That's difficult, and so, you know,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21I think it's a testament to his confidence
0:36:21 > 0:36:22that he is able to go out there
0:36:22 > 0:36:26and still compete at a high level and still believe in himself
0:36:26 > 0:36:28and believe that he can compete with Bolt.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36There's another American on the comeback trail.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44He's a very dangerous competitor, Gatlin is,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47because he doesn't have anything to lose and everything to gain.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49He already lost everything with the suspension,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52and so him being out of the sport for four years,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54that's a very long time to be away from the sport.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01Americans love their Olympic 100m champions.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08They are icons of a great sporting nation.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10They've won the greatest title at the Olympics
0:37:10 > 0:37:13more times than any other country.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Jesse Owens in the '30s.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Jim Hines in the 1960s.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Carl Lewis in the '80s
0:37:25 > 0:37:28and here, in 1952, Lindy Remigino.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40But Justin Gatlin, who won the title in 2004,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43is the guy they don't like to talk about.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Would you be comfortable with him
0:37:46 > 0:37:48being on that podium as a medallist come the Olympic Games?
0:37:50 > 0:37:56Why did you ask me that? I don't want to answer that, really.
0:37:56 > 0:38:02I can't... We have some terrific ambassadors out there. Thank you.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Gatlin's absence from athletics was down to serving
0:38:13 > 0:38:18a four-year drugs ban after producing a positive test in 2006,
0:38:18 > 0:38:22just two years after winning the greatest prize in the sport.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25'And Gatlin is the Olympic champion for 2004.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29'A sensational piece of running.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33'And look at that - Asafa Powell on this day couldn't prevail.'
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Cleared to compete in London,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Gatlin is gunning to win a second 100m title,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42but like Tyson Gay, he must first book his place in London
0:38:42 > 0:38:47by finishing in the first two places in the US Olympic Athletics trial.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56There's the start. Walker's away with Gatlin there and Tyson Gay as well.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00It's Gatlin in front, here comes Gay. Those two to the line.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03It will be Gatlin to win, Gay in second, Rogers.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05The winner was Justin Gatlin.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Justin Gatlin has just run a legal 9.8,
0:39:08 > 0:39:10also a new personal best
0:39:10 > 0:39:13and the comeback is complete for Justin Gatlin.
0:39:13 > 0:39:18That is the fastest he has ever run. Tyson makes second with 9.86.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22So Tyson Gay accomplishes his goal, I think,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25of just getting on this team.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27After two surgeries and only one big race in New York,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29how did you come here and put these races together
0:39:29 > 0:39:31to put yourself on the team, Tyson?
0:39:31 > 0:39:35I just think confidence in both my coaches, my physio,
0:39:35 > 0:39:38everybody just gave me the mental confidence to come out here,
0:39:38 > 0:39:40plus my little girl did, too.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41You know, it's just another step.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44The most important thing, everyone is talking about London
0:39:44 > 0:39:46and right now we're just worrying about the Olympic trials
0:39:46 > 0:39:48and getting ready for London.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50We've a strong team, I think we're ready to do a good job.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Being out of the sport for four years, that's a very long time
0:40:00 > 0:40:04to be away from the sport, but he's tremendous talent
0:40:04 > 0:40:08and his confidence is gaining every day with the performances
0:40:08 > 0:40:10that he's had and what he's been able to do since he's come back.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13Most people would have thought, you know, he's probably over,
0:40:13 > 0:40:15"He's going to try and make a comeback,
0:40:15 > 0:40:18"but he won't make an Olympic team," and here is now,
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Olympic trials champion from the US.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Across the Atlantic, and the European athletes
0:40:23 > 0:40:27are also looking to book their places at the London games.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH: My name is Jean-Pierre Nehr.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I was Christophe Lemaitre's first-ever coach.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40It was here that I met Christophe for the first time.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43It was at a sports festival organised by the city.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Christophe came here with his parents
0:40:51 > 0:40:55looking for sports activity to take part in
0:40:55 > 0:40:57and signed up for the 50m time trial.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04He set off from the starting blocks and I was timing him.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07I was very surprised.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17And as you can see, this isn't a great surface for running.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24He was clearly built for running.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44Lemaitre is crowned the European king of the 100m.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58He's really proven himself on the track.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06He's always been very shy, but now his performances on the track
0:42:06 > 0:42:09are helping him express himself.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11He's getting his revenge.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Yes, it's true to say that sometimes when I run
0:42:25 > 0:42:29I run to show I can beat everyone -
0:42:29 > 0:42:32to prove that I am the best.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37I have an ability, a quality that is above the others
0:42:37 > 0:42:38and I want to show it.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48That's a tough one. I think a win for him is a medal,
0:42:48 > 0:42:52because he's not supposed to get one so that's what makes him dangerous.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Once he gets to the final, he's already won and now it's,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58"Hey, if I get a medal, that's gravy."
0:42:59 > 0:43:03But despite the growing confidence, success and titles,
0:43:03 > 0:43:07his coach is still not sure whether he has what it takes
0:43:07 > 0:43:11to beat Bolt in the 100m at the Olympics.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20It will be a disappointment to France if he doesn't run the 100m,
0:43:20 > 0:43:23but if I am sure he can win a medal in the 200,
0:43:23 > 0:43:25then he got probably won't run the 100.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27We just want to get a medal.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30If I see it's going to be difficult in the 200m
0:43:30 > 0:43:32then maybe we will try in both.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46I think our trials are going to be really intense.
0:43:47 > 0:43:52It's going to start from then on, so it should be interesting.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Half of the Jamaicans that are going to run at the trials
0:43:59 > 0:44:02are most of the people who are going to be in the Olympic final -
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, me.
0:44:05 > 0:44:10So I think it's going to be a cracker.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21I think it's going to be similar to the Olympic finals.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25Yeah, who is going to finish in the top three is really the question.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31It's going to be something to remember.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39The strongest sprint nation in the world
0:44:39 > 0:44:42likes to wait until the last moment to select its Olympic team.
0:44:42 > 0:44:46For the fast men, these are the toughest trials of all.
0:44:46 > 0:44:49Only three men will make the Olympic 100m team.
0:44:49 > 0:44:54The first three over the line. Even if your name is Usain Bolt,
0:44:54 > 0:44:57finish outside the top three here and you're staying at home.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01That means heats, a semi-final and a final
0:45:01 > 0:45:04where injury, one bad race or a false start
0:45:04 > 0:45:09can cost you an Olympic place and a chance of fame and riches.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13With so many fast guys around, that's pressure.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18The trials are also the Jamaican national championships.
0:45:18 > 0:45:23It's where we find out who is the number one sprinter on the island.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25The reigning champion? Well, that's Asafa Powell.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Usain Bolt was injured last year
0:45:28 > 0:45:30and he doesn't lose championship races -
0:45:30 > 0:45:32especially in his own backyard.
0:45:34 > 0:45:39For Bolt, it's a chance to show his rivals again just who's boss.
0:45:39 > 0:45:43For Asafa and Yohan, a final test ahead of London and the chance
0:45:43 > 0:45:48to show the world and themselves that they really can beat Bolt.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53First up in heat one was the man himself.
0:45:55 > 0:45:59It's been a long time since he's competed in an empty stadium.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08In five, Bolt.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12Six, Nikal. Seven...
0:46:15 > 0:46:17STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:46:17 > 0:46:19A false start? Surely not...
0:46:25 > 0:46:27..not this time.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30The fastest man in the world cruises through...
0:46:46 > 0:46:48..as does Powell...
0:46:53 > 0:46:55..and then Blake.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Tickets, tickets.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08On day two, things get really interesting.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Usain Bolt. Superior athlete.
0:47:11 > 0:47:12Usain!
0:47:12 > 0:47:14Whoo! Usain Bolt!
0:47:14 > 0:47:17This race will qualify them for the London Olympics.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Everybody is going to select their places.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23Obviously, I came to watch Usain Bolt perform.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25I think Usain Bolt is here, and the rest is here.
0:47:25 > 0:47:26Hi, how are you?
0:47:26 > 0:47:31Rumours on the island are that Asafa Powell picked up an injury
0:47:31 > 0:47:34which could rule him out of the trials, and the Olympics.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37He'd flown to Miami to get treatment that morning,
0:47:37 > 0:47:40and his flight got in just hours before he was due to run.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43Could injury end his Olympic dream?
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Asafa is well-loved in Jamaica -
0:47:46 > 0:47:48perhaps the most-loved sprinter in Jamaica,
0:47:48 > 0:47:50despite Usain being the world record holder.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53So, if he's not there, it will be a great disappointment
0:47:53 > 0:47:55to not just track and field fans,
0:47:55 > 0:47:56but Jamaicans in general.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59I wouldn't say I wouldn't expect something like this to happen,
0:47:59 > 0:48:00but it's kind of expected.
0:48:03 > 0:48:07This is the final call for the men's 100m semi-finals.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Asafa Powell...
0:48:13 > 0:48:15No-one knows what to expect.
0:48:15 > 0:48:20Will one of Jamaica's big three fall just before the final hurdle?
0:48:34 > 0:48:39A best of 9.84 seconds -
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Yohan Blake!
0:48:41 > 0:48:42CHEERING
0:48:48 > 0:48:51STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Against all the odds,
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Powell is through to the final,
0:49:05 > 0:49:08beating rival, Blake, in the process.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Bolt joining them is sure to be a formality.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:49:29 > 0:49:31The world's fastest man is through, too...
0:49:33 > 0:49:35..but hardly in the style the crowd were expecting...
0:49:38 > 0:49:40..and he doesn't look happy.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57The final has arrived...
0:49:58 > 0:50:01..the race all three said
0:50:01 > 0:50:03will be just as competitive as the Olympic final.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Who will become the Jamaican number one -
0:50:11 > 0:50:14get the physiological edge ahead of London?
0:50:15 > 0:50:18Will Powell's injury hold up?
0:50:18 > 0:50:22So many questions - all about to be answered...
0:50:24 > 0:50:27..in less than ten seconds.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36With a personal best of 9.58 seconds,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39the World Olympic Champion,
0:50:39 > 0:50:41Usain Bolt!
0:50:41 > 0:50:44CHEERING
0:50:50 > 0:50:53Yohan Blake!
0:50:53 > 0:50:54CHEERING
0:51:19 > 0:51:21STARTING PISTOL FIRES
0:51:47 > 0:51:51Jamaica's National Stadium is in shock.
0:51:53 > 0:51:54Blake elated.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00Bolt beaten - and unimpressed.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05Powell, injured, but through to London.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Bolt had been beaten in style.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17Yohan "The Beast" Blake crossed the line
0:52:17 > 0:52:19in the fastest time of the year.
0:52:33 > 0:52:34Blake may have won,
0:52:34 > 0:52:38but the press are interested in only one story - Bolt getting beat.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59I'm very happy - very proud.
0:53:00 > 0:53:04'Bolt and Blake's coach claims he saw this coming.'
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Yohan, we didn't send him to Europe,
0:53:09 > 0:53:14so he's in far better shape than, say, Bolt at this time.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Is Yohan now your number one man?
0:53:16 > 0:53:18I don't have any "number one man".
0:53:18 > 0:53:20HE LAUGHS
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Powell's body is wrecked.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33He can't even step up onto the podium, but he was through.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39I just didn't want to push too hard.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40I just wanted to get out.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42I knew I could get out without even pushing -
0:53:42 > 0:53:44I just wanted to make the team,
0:53:44 > 0:53:46so I was running pretty much with the one leg.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51This is the race.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53All things being equal, it's these two guys.
0:53:53 > 0:53:57His confidence is just growing every day.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59Every time he beats Bolt, every time he wins,
0:53:59 > 0:54:01his confidence grows.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04It's not false confidence - not confidence he just manufactured.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07He has a very good reason to be confident. He can back it up.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10MUSIC: "Soul Shakedown Party" by The Wailers
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Two days after Blake had shocked the world,
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Bolt has his chance to prove the critics wrong -
0:54:31 > 0:54:35show them that he is Jamaica's number one sprinter,
0:54:35 > 0:54:38that what had happened in the 100m was a one-off.
0:54:38 > 0:54:42It's Bolt versus Blake round two as the training partners
0:54:42 > 0:54:45go head-to-head in the 200m.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05What was going on here?
0:55:05 > 0:55:08Is this a vision we'll have to get used to at London 2012?
0:55:08 > 0:55:12Is Bolt injured, unfit or not focused?
0:55:12 > 0:55:15Blake has suddenly become the man in demand.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19Do you owe a lot to Usain in this victory. Has he helped you?
0:55:19 > 0:55:23Definitely - in training and the mental part of the game.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27Everything has been going good for me so far.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29- What about the confidence level? - It's there.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34Everyone is now talking about Yohan Blake,
0:55:34 > 0:55:36and he's proved himself one of the greatest.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39I'm the Olympic champion, so I have to show the world I'm the best.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41CHEERING
0:55:51 > 0:55:54The question is, "Can anybody beat Bolt?"
0:55:54 > 0:55:55Anybody can beat Bolt,
0:55:55 > 0:55:56if he's not at his best.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58And that's key.
0:56:00 > 0:56:01- Can't open my door. - HE LAUGHS
0:56:01 > 0:56:03I'm locked out of my car.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06So if Bolt does get beaten at the Olympics,
0:56:06 > 0:56:09who does the man himself want it to be?
0:56:09 > 0:56:13Come on. If I don't win, you know who I want to win,
0:56:13 > 0:56:15cos we train together every day,
0:56:15 > 0:56:17but let's not jinx me!
0:56:17 > 0:56:18HE LAUGHS
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Let's not jinx me on that one.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22For me, definitely, Blake.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24I was happy for him, because he's my training partner.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27If I'm not in the race, we train every day,
0:56:27 > 0:56:30I know how hard he works, so I'd love for him to win
0:56:30 > 0:56:32if I wasn't in the 100 metres,
0:56:32 > 0:56:35but let's not ask that question again, please.
0:56:35 > 0:56:37HE LAUGHS
0:56:39 > 0:56:41For now, Blake is the man.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44But they don't hand out Olympic gold medals
0:56:44 > 0:56:47at the Jamaican National Stadium, US trials,
0:56:47 > 0:56:50or the European Championships.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52There's only one race that really matters.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57Usain Bolt is still the Olympic 100m champion.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59He's still the fastest man in the world.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03We don't know if he is fit, or if he'll be at his best.
0:57:03 > 0:57:08Or whether he'll be able to run this fast in the London Olympic Stadium.
0:57:10 > 0:57:15Bolt is beatable, and the fantastic five are ready to go.
0:57:17 > 0:57:20If Bolt IS slowing down,
0:57:20 > 0:57:22they are getting faster.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24It's been a year chasing the world's fastest man
0:57:24 > 0:57:27that has given all of them hope.
0:57:27 > 0:57:32Five of Bolt's rivals for the title in London have won titles,
0:57:32 > 0:57:36set personal bests, and successfully come back to the top of the sport.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39Only Asafa Powell, struggling with injury,
0:57:39 > 0:57:41is looking worse than a year ago.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44All five are on their way to London.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47Their dreams are still alive -
0:57:47 > 0:57:50the dream of climbing the podium, in front of 80,000 spectators,
0:57:50 > 0:57:52and billions around the world,
0:57:52 > 0:57:56and being acclaimed as the winner of the greatest race on earth.
0:58:06 > 0:58:09I'm not going to be on this planet, physically.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11I'm going to be somewhere different.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20The entire track and field world
0:58:20 > 0:58:24finds everyone, I think everyone would say, finally.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32It will be probably the greatest Olympics of all time.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34I just want to be a part of it.
0:58:37 > 0:58:42If I dominate the Olympics, I'll be a living legend walking around.
0:58:42 > 0:58:44Sounds good, though. Yeah.
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