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Verkäufer: lasvegasormonaco ✉️ (3.187) 99.7%, Artikelstandort: Manchester, Take a look at my other items, GB, Versand nach: WORLDWIDE, Artikelnummer: 266721681782 Usain Bolt Goldmünze Autogramm Olympische Spiele Paris 2024 Sprinter Jamaika Läufer alt. Australian Open (x6), French Open, Wimbledon (x8), US Open (x5). 2016 9.81 (2) 19.78 (3) —. 2015 9.79 (2) 19.55 (1) 46.38. 2014 9.98 (16) — —. 2013 9.77 (1) 19.66 (1) 46.44. 2012 9.63 (1) 19.32 (1) —.   Usain Bolt Commemorative Coin Gold Plated Usain Bolt Coin One Side has an image of Bolt doing his famous Lightning Bolt Stance The Jamaican Flag is across his shoulders and a illustration of him with his autograph It has a athletics running track with the words "World Record Holder" & his name "Usain Bolt" It also has his records 100m - 9.58 - Berlin 200m - 19.19 - Berlin 4 x 100m - 36.84 - London The back has the logo from the 2009 Berlin World Championship it has an image of him winning the 100m with his name "Usain Bolt" and the words "World Record Holder in the 100m , 200m and the times 9.58s & 19.19s with lightning bolts The coin is 40mm in diameter and 3 mm thick , it weighs about 1 oz. Comes in air-tight acrylic coin holder In Excellent Condition As with all my auctions bidding starts at 1p with no reserve!
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Usain Bolt Article Talk Read View source View history Tools This is a good article. Click here for more information. Page semi-protected From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Usain" redirects here. For the organization, see USAIN. The Honourable Usain Bolt OJ CD OLY Bolt at the 2016 Summer Olympics Personal information Full name Usain St. Leo Bolt Nickname Lightning Bolt[1] Born 21 August 1986 (age 37) Sherwood Content, Jamaica Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[2] Weight 94 kg (207 lb)[3] Sport Sport Track and field Event Sprints Club Racers Track Club Coached by Glen Mills[4] Retired 2017[5] Achievements and titles Personal bests 40 yd: 4.22 (Atlanta, 2019)[6][note 1] 100 m: 9.58 WR (Berlin 2009)[7] 150 m: 14.35 WB[note 2] (Manchester 2009)[8] 200 m: 19.19 WR (Berlin 2009)[9] 300 m: 30.97 NR (Ostrava 2010)[10] 400 m: 45.28 (Kingston 2007)[10] 800 m: 2:05[11] Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Jamaica Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 8 0 0 World Championships 11 2 1 World Relays 0 1 0 CAC Championships 1 0 0 Commonwealth Games 1 0 0 World Junior Championships 1 2 0 World Youth Championships 1 0 0 Total 23 5 1 Event 1st 2nd 3rd 100 m 6 0 1 200 m 10 1 0 4×100 m relay 7 3 0 4×400 m relay 0 1 0 Total 23 5 1 Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100 m Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 200 m Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m Gold medal – first place 2012 London 200 m Gold medal – first place 2012 London 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay World Championships Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 100 m Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 200 m Gold medal – first place 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2011 Daegu 200 m Gold medal – first place 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow 100 m Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow 200 m Gold medal – first place 2013 Moscow 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 100 m Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 200 m Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 200 m Silver medal – second place 2007 Osaka 4×100 m relay Bronze medal – third place 2017 London 100 m World Athletics Relays Silver medal – second place 2015 Nassau 4×100 m relay Diamond League Winner 2012 100 metres CAC Championships Gold medal – first place 2005 Nassau 200 m Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2002 Kingston 200 m Silver medal – second place 2002 Kingston 4×100 m relay Silver medal – second place 2002 Kingston 4×400 m relay World Youth Championships Gold medal – first place 2003 Sherbrooke 200 m Pan American Junior Championships Gold medal – first place 2003 Bridgetown 200 m Silver medal – second place 2003 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U17) Gold medal – first place 2002 Bridgetown 200 m Gold medal – first place 2002 Bridgetown 400 m Gold medal – first place 2002 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2002 Bridgetown 4×400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) Gold medal – first place 2003 Port of Spain 200 m Gold medal – first place 2003 Port of Spain 400 m Gold medal – first place 2003 Port of Spain 4x100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2003 Port of Spain 4x400 m relay Gold medal – first place 2004 Hamilton 200 m Gold medal – first place 2004 Hamilton 4x100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2004 Hamilton 4x400 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U17) Gold medal – first place 2002 Nassau 200m Gold medal – first place 2002 Nassau 400m Gold medal – first place 2002 Nassau 4x100 m relay Gold medal – first place 2002 Nassau 4x400 m relay Silver medal – second place 2001 Bridgetown 200m Silver medal – second place 2001 Bridgetown 400m Silver medal – second place 2001 Bridgetown 4x100 m relay Representing  Americas World Cup Silver medal – second place 2006 Athens 200 m Usain St. Leo Bolt OJ CD OLY (/ˈjuːseɪn/;[12] born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.[13][14][15] He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay. An eight-time Olympic gold medallist, Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, and 2016). He also won two 4 × 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory. An eleven-time World Champion, he won consecutive World Championship 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay gold medals from 2009 to 2015, with the exception of a 100 m false start in 2011. He is the most successful male athlete of the World Championships. Bolt is the first athlete to win four World Championship titles in the 200 m and is one of the most successful in the 100 m with three titles, being the first person to run sub-9.7s and sub-9.6s. Bolt improved upon his second 100 m world record of 9.69 with 9.58 seconds in 2009 – the biggest improvement since the start of electronic timing. He has twice broken the 200 metres world record, setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009. He has helped Jamaica to three 4 × 100 metres relay world records, with the current record being 36.84 seconds set in 2012. Bolt's most successful event is the 200 m, with three Olympic and four World titles. The 2008 Olympics was his international debut over 100 m; he had earlier won numerous 200 m medals (including 2007 World Championship silver) and held the world under-20 and world under-18 records for the event until being surpassed by Erriyon Knighton in 2021. His achievements as a sprinter have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt", and his awards include the IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year (three times), and Laureus World Sportsman of the Year (four times). Bolt was included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2016.[16] Bolt retired after the 2017 World Championships, when he finished third in his last solo 100 m race, opted out of the 200 m, and pulled up injured in the 4×100 m relay final. Early years Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 to parents Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt[10] in Sherwood Content,[17] a small town in Jamaica. Jennifer named her son Usain at the suggestion of her nephew-in-law, who suggested the name as he had a classmate of that name, while Bolt's middle name, St Leo, was given to him by his aunt.[18] He has a brother, Sadiki,[19] and a sister, Sherine.[20][21] His parents ran the local grocery store in the rural area, and Bolt spent his time playing cricket and football in the street with his brother,[22] later saying, "When I was young, I didn't really think about anything other than sports."[23] As a child, Bolt attended Waldensia Primary, where he began showing his sprint potential when he ran in his parish's annual national primary school meet.[1] By the age of twelve, Bolt had become the school's fastest runner over the 100 metres distance.[24] Bolt also developed an affection for European football teams Real Madrid and Manchester United.[15] Upon his entry to William Knibb Memorial High School, Bolt continued to focus on other sports, but his cricket coach noticed Bolt's speed on the pitch and urged him to try track and field events.[25] Pablo McNeil, a former Olympic sprint athlete,[26] and Dwayne Jarrett coached Bolt,[27] encouraging him to focus his energy on improving his athletic abilities. The school had a history of success in athletics with past students, including sprinter Michael Green.[1] Bolt won his first annual high school championships medal in 2001; he took the silver medal in the 200 metres with a time of 22.04 seconds.[1] McNeil soon became his primary coach, and the two enjoyed a positive partnership, although McNeil was occasionally frustrated by Bolt's lack of dedication to his training and his penchant for practical jokes.[26] When Bolt was a boy, he attended Sherwood Content Seventh-day Adventist Church in Trelawny, Jamaica, with his mother. His mother did not serve pork to him in accordance with Adventist beliefs.[28] Early competitions Representing Jamaica in his first Caribbean regional event, Bolt clocked a personal best time of 48.28 s in the 400 metres in the 2001 CARIFTA Games, winning a silver medal. The 200 m also yielded a silver, as Bolt finished in 21.81 s.[29] He made his first appearance on the world stage at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Running in the 200 m event, he failed to qualify for the finals, but he still set a new personal best of 21.73 s.[30] Bolt still did not take athletics or himself too seriously, however, and he took his mischievousness to new heights by hiding in the back of a van when he was supposed to be preparing for the 200 m finals at the CARIFTA Trials. He was detained by the police for his practical joke, and there was an outcry from the local community, which blamed coach McNeil for the incident.[26] However, the controversy subsided, and both McNeil and Bolt went to the CARIFTA Games, where Bolt set championship records in the 200 m and 400 m with times of 21.12 s and 47.33 s, respectively.[29] He continued to set records with 20.61 s and 47.12 s finishes at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships.[31] Bolt is one of only nine athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels, David Storl, and Kirani James) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event. Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson recognised Bolt's talent and arranged for him to move to Kingston, along with Jermaine Gonzales, so he could train with the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) at the University of Technology, Jamaica.[26] Rise to prominence The 2002 World Junior Championships were held in front of a home crowd in Kingston, Jamaica, and Bolt was given a chance to prove his credentials on a world stage. By the age of 15, he had grown to 1.96 metres (6 ft 5 in) tall, and he physically stood out among his peers.[1] He won the 200 m in a time of 20.61 s,[32] which was 0.03 s slower than his personal best of 20.58 s, which he set in the 1st round.[33] Bolt's 200 m win made him the youngest world-junior gold medallist ever.[34] The expectation from the home crowd had made him so nervous that he had put his shoes on the wrong feet, although he realized the mistake before the race began.[35] However, it turned out to be a revelatory experience for Bolt, as he vowed never again to let himself be affected by pre-race nerves.[36] As a member of the Jamaican sprint relay team, he also took two silver medals and set national junior records in the 4×100 metres and 4×400 metres relay, running times of 39.15 s and 3:04.06 minutes respectively.[37][38] The rush of medals continued as he won four golds at the 2003 CARIFTA Games and was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.[39][40][41] He won another gold at the 2003 World Youth Championships. He set a new championship record in the 200 m with a time of 20.40 s, despite a 1.1 m/s (4.0 km/h; 2.5 mph) head wind.[42] Michael Johnson, the 200 m world-record holder, took note of Bolt's potential but worried that the young sprinter might be over-pressured, stating, "It's all about what he does three, four, five years down the line".[43] Bolt had also impressed the athletics hierarchy, and he received the IAAF Rising Star Award for 2002.[44] Bolt competed in his final Jamaican High School Championships in 2003. He broke the 200 m and 400 m records with times of 20.25 s and 45.35 s, respectively. Bolt's runs were a significant improvement upon the previous records, beating the 200 m best by more than half a second and the 400 m record by almost a second.[1] Bolt improved upon the 200 m time three months later, setting the former World youth best at the 2003 Pan American Junior Championships.[45] The 400 m time remains No. 6 on the all-time youth list, surpassed only once since, by future Olympic champion Kirani James.[46] Bolt turned his main focus to the 200 m and equalled Roy Martin's world junior record of 20.13 s at the Pan-American Junior Championships.[1][47] This performance attracted interest from the press, and his times in the 200 m and 400 m led to him being touted as a possible successor to Johnson. Indeed, at sixteen years old, Bolt had reached times that Johnson did not register until he was twenty, and Bolt's 200 m time was superior to Maurice Greene's season's best that year.[43] Bolt was growing more popular in his homeland. Howard Hamilton, who was given the task of Public Defender by the government, urged the JAAA to nurture him and prevent burnout, calling Bolt "the most phenomenal sprinter ever produced by this island".[43] His popularity and the attractions of the capital city were beginning to be a burden to the young sprinter. Bolt was increasingly unfocused on his athletic career and preferred to eat fast food, play basketball, and party in Kingston's club scene. In the absence of a disciplined lifestyle, he became ever-more reliant on his natural ability to beat his competitors on the track.[48] As the reigning 200 m champion at both the World Youth and World Junior championships, Bolt hoped to take a clean sweep of the world 200 m championships in the Senior World Championships in Paris.[1] He beat all comers at the 200 m in the World Championship trials. Bolt was pragmatic about his chances and noted that, even if he did not make the final, he would consider setting a personal best a success.[43][49] However, he suffered a bout of conjunctivitis before the event, and it ruined his training schedule.[1] Realising that he would not be in peak condition, the JAAA refused to let him participate in the finals, on the grounds that he was too young and inexperienced. Bolt was dismayed at missing out on the opportunity, but focused on getting himself in shape to gain a place on the Jamaican Olympic team instead.[49] Even though he missed the World Championships, Bolt was awarded the IAAF Rising Star Award for the 2003 season on the strength of his junior record-equalling run.[44][50] Professional athletics career 2004–2007 Early career Bolt at the Crystal Palace Meeting in 2007 Under the guidance of new coach Fitz Coleman, Bolt turned professional in 2004, beginning with the CARIFTA Games in Bermuda.[1] He became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 m in under twenty seconds, taking the world junior record outright with a time of 19.93 s.[1][34] For the second time in the role, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 2004 CARIFTA Games.[39][40][51] A hamstring injury in May ruined Bolt's chances of competing in the 2004 World Junior Championships, but he was still chosen for the Jamaican Olympic squad.[52] Bolt headed to the 2004 Athens Olympics with confidence and a new record on his side. However, he was hampered by a leg injury and was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres with a disappointing time of 21.05 s.[10][53] American colleges offered Bolt track scholarships to train in the United States while continuing to represent Jamaica on the international stage, but the teenager from Trelawny refused them all, stating that he was content to stay in his homeland of Jamaica.[21] Bolt instead chose the surroundings of the University of Technology, Jamaica, as his professional training ground, staying with the university's track and weight room that had served him well in his amateur years.[54] The year 2005 signalled a fresh start for Bolt in the form of a new coach, Glen Mills, and a new attitude toward athletics. Mills recognised Bolt's potential and aimed to cease what he considered an unprofessional approach to the sport.[53] Bolt began training with Mills in preparation for the upcoming athletics season, partnering with more seasoned sprinters such as Kim Collins and Dwain Chambers.[55] The year began well, and in July, he knocked more than a third of a second off the 200 m CAC Championship record with a run of 20.03 s,[56] then registered his 200 m season's best at London's Crystal Palace, running in 19.99 s.[10] Bolt trailing behind Gay in the closing stages of the 200 m race, 2007 Misfortune awaited Bolt at the next major event, the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Bolt felt that both his work ethic and athleticism had much improved since the 2004 Olympics, and he saw the World Championships as a way to live up to expectations, stating, "I really want to make up for what happened in Athens. Hopefully, everything will fall into place".[57] Bolt qualified with runs under 21 s, but he suffered an injury in the final, finishing in last place with a time of 26.27 s.[53][58] Injuries were preventing him from completing a full professional athletics season, and the eighteen-year-old Bolt still had not proven his mettle in the major world-athletics competitions.[59] However, his appearance made him the youngest ever person to appear in a 200 m world final.[60] Bolt was involved in a car accident in November, and although he suffered only minor facial lacerations, his training schedule was further upset.[61][62] His manager at the time, Norman Peart, made Bolt's training less intensive, and he had fully recuperated the following week.[61] Bolt had continued to improve his performances, and he reached the world top-5 rankings in 2005 and 2006.[1] Peart and Mills stated their intentions to push Bolt to do longer sprinting distances with the aim of making the 400 m event his primary event by 2007 or 2008. Bolt was less enthusiastic, and demanded that he feel comfortable in his sprinting.[61][63] He suffered another hamstring injury in March 2006, forcing him to withdraw from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and he did not return to track events until May.[64] After his recovery, Bolt was given new training exercises to improve flexibility, and the plans to move him up to the 400 m event were put on hold.[59] The 200 m remained Bolt's primary event when he returned to competition; he bested Justin Gatlin's meet record in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Bolt had aspired to run under twenty seconds to claim a season's best but, despite the fact that bad weather had impaired his run, he was happy to end the meeting with just the victory.[65] However, a sub-20-second finish was soon his, as he set a new personal best of 19.88 s at the 2006 Athletissima Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, finishing behind Xavier Carter and Tyson Gay to earn a bronze medal.[66] Bolt had focused his athletics aims, stating that 2006 was a year to gain experience. Also, he was more keen on competing over longer distances, setting his sights on running regularly in both 200 m and 400 m events within the next two years.[65] Bolt (left) on the podium with his silver medal from the 200 m race in Osaka (2007). Winner: Tyson Gay in the center. Bolt claimed his first major world medal two months later at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany. He passed the finishing post with a time of 20.10 s, gaining a bronze medal in the process.[10] The IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece, yielded Bolt's first senior international silver medal.[10] Wallace Spearmon from the United States won gold with a championship record time of 19.87 s, beating Bolt's respectable time of 19.96 s.[67] Further 200 m honours on both the regional and international stages awaited Bolt in 2007. He yearned to run in the 100 metres but Mills was skeptical, believing that Bolt was better suited for middle distances. The coach cited the runner's difficulty in smoothly starting out of the blocks and poor habits such as looking back at opponents in sprints. Mills told Bolt that he could run the shorter distance if he broke the 200 m national record.[53] In the Jamaican Championships, he ran 19.75 s in the 200 m, breaking the 36-year-old Jamaican record held by Don Quarrie by 0.11 s.[1][21] Mills complied with Bolt's demand to run in the 100 m, and he was entered to run the event at the 23rd Vardinoyiannia meeting in Rethymno, Crete. In his debut tournament, he won the gold medal in a time of 10.03 s, feeding his enthusiasm for the event.[21][68] He built on this achievement at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, winning a silver medal.[10] Bolt recorded 19.91 s with a headwind of 0.8 m/s (2.9 km/h; 1.8 mph). The race was won by Tyson Gay in 19.76 s, a new championship record.[69] Bolt was a member of the silver medal relay team with Asafa Powell, Marvin Anderson, and Nesta Carter in the 4×100 metres relay. Jamaica set a national record of 37.89 s.[70] Bolt did not win any gold medals at the major tournaments in 2007, but Mills felt that Bolt's technique was much improved, pinpointing improvements in Bolt's balance at the turns over 200 m and an increase in his stride frequency, giving him more driving power on the track.[53] World-record breaker The silver medals from the 2007 Osaka World Championships boosted Bolt's desire to sprint, and he took a more serious, more mature stance towards his career.[25] Bolt continued to develop in the 100 m, and he decided to compete in the event at the Jamaica Invitational in Kingston. On 3 May 2008, Bolt ran a time of 9.76 s, with a 1.8 m/s (6.5 km/h; 4.0 mph) tail wind, improving his personal best from 10.03 s.[71] This was the second-fastest legal performance in the history of the event, second only to compatriot Asafa Powell's 9.74 s record set the previous year in Rieti, Italy.[72] Rival Tyson Gay lauded the performance, especially praising Bolt's form and technique.[73] Michael Johnson observed the race and said that he was shocked at how quickly Bolt had improved over the 100 m distance.[74] The Jamaican surprised even himself with the time, but coach Glen Mills remained confident that there was more to come.[73] On 31 May 2008, Bolt set a new 100 m world record at the Reebok Grand Prix in the Icahn Stadium in New York City. He ran 9.72s with a tail wind of 1.7 m/s (6.1 km/h; 3.8 mph).[75] This race was Bolt's fifth senior 100 m.[76] Gay again finished second and said of Bolt: "It looked like his knees were going past my face."[21] Commentators noted that Bolt appeared to have gained a psychological advantage over fellow Olympic contender Gay.[53] In June 2008, Bolt responded to claims that he was a lazy athlete, saying that the comments were unjustified, and he trained hard to achieve his potential. However, he surmised that such comments stemmed from his lack of enthusiasm for the 400 metres event; he chose not to make an effort to train for that particular distance.[77] Turning his efforts to the 200 m, Bolt proved that he could excel in two events—first setting the world-leading time in Ostrava, then breaking the national record for the second time with a 19.67 s finish in Athens, Greece.[78][79] Although Mills still preferred that Bolt focus on the longer distances, the acceptance of Bolt's demand to run in the 100 m worked for both sprinter and trainer. Bolt was more focused in practice, and a training schedule to boost his top speed and his stamina, in preparation for the Olympics, had improved both his 100 m and 200 m times.[21][80][81] 2008 Summer Olympics Bolt doubled-up with the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Beijing Summer Olympics. As the new 100 m world-record holder, he was the favourite to win both races.[82][83] Michael Johnson, the 200 m and 400 m record holder, personally backed the sprinter, saying that he did not believe that a lack of experience would work against him.[84] Bolt qualified for the 100 m final with times of 9.92 s and 9.85 s in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively.[85][86][87] "And a fair start, Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt is also out well. Here they come down the track. USAIN BOLT! SPRINTING AHEAD, WINNING BY DAYLIGHT!" —Tom Hammond, NBC Sports, with the call for the men's 100 metres final at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the Olympic 100 m final (16 August), Bolt broke new ground, winning in 9.69 s (unofficially 9.683 s) with a reaction time of 0.165 s.[88] This was an improvement upon his own world record, and he was well ahead of second-place finisher Richard Thompson, who finished in 9.89 s.[89] Not only was the record set with no favourable wind (0.0 m/s), but he also visibly slowed down to celebrate before he finished and his shoelace was untied.[90][91][92] Bolt's coach reported that, based upon the speed of Bolt's opening 60 m, he could have finished with a time of 9.52 s.[93] After scientific analysis of Bolt's run by the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo, Hans Eriksen and his colleagues also predicted a sub 9.60 s time. Considering factors such as Bolt's position, acceleration and velocity in comparison with second-place-finisher Thompson, the team estimated that Bolt could have finished in 9.55±0.04 s had he not slowed to celebrate before the finishing line.[94][95] Bolt stated that setting a world record was not a priority for him, and that his goal was just to win the gold medal, Jamaica's first of the 2008 Games.[96] Olympic medallist Kriss Akabusi construed Bolt's chest slapping before the finish line as showboating, noting that the actions cost Bolt an even faster record time.[97] IOC president Jacques Rogge also condemned the Jamaican's actions as disrespectful.[98][99] Bolt denied that this was the purpose of his celebration by saying, "I wasn't bragging. When I saw I wasn't covered, I was just happy".[100] Lamine Diack, president of the IAAF, supported Bolt and said that his celebration was appropriate given the circumstances of his victory. Jamaican government minister Edmund Bartlett also defended Bolt's actions, stating, "We have to see it in the glory of their moment and give it to them. We have to allow the personality of youth to express itself".[101] Bolt doing the "Lightning Bolt" just before breaking the 200 m world record in the Beijing National Stadium Bolt then focused on attaining a gold medal in the 200 m event, aiming to emulate Carl Lewis' double win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[102] Michael Johnson felt that Bolt would easily win gold but believed that his own world record of 19.32 s set at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta would remain intact at the Olympics.[103] Bolt eased through the first and second rounds of the 200 m, jogging towards the end of his run both times.[104] He won his semi-final and progressed to the final as the favourite to win.[105] Retired Jamaican sprinter Don Quarrie praised Bolt, saying he was confident that Johnson's record could be beaten.[44] The following day, at the final, he won Jamaica's fourth gold of the Games, setting a new world and Olympic record of 19.30 s.[106] Johnson's record fell despite the fact that Bolt was impeded by a 0.9 m/s (3.2 km/h; 2.0 mph) headwind. The feat made him the first sprinter since Quarrie to hold both 100 m and 200 m world records simultaneously and the first to hold both records since the introduction of electronic timing.[106][107] Furthermore, Bolt became the first sprinter to break both records at the same Olympics.[108] Unlike in the 100 m final, Bolt sprinted hard all the way to the finishing line in the 200 m race, even dipping his chest to improve his time.[109] Following the race, "Happy Birthday" was played over the stadium's sound system as his 22nd birthday would begin at midnight.[109] Two days later, Bolt ran as the third leg in the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team, increasing his gold medal total to three.[110] Along with teammates Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, and Asafa Powell, Bolt broke another world and Olympic record, their 37.10 s finish breaking the previous record by three-tenths of a second.[111] Powell, who anchored the team to the finishing line, lamented the loss of his 100m record to Bolt but showed no animosity towards his Jamaican rival, stating that he was delighted to help him set his third world record.[112] In January 2017 the Jamaican relay teammates were stripped of their gold medals when a blood sample taken from Carter after the race was retested and found positive for a banned substance.[113] Following his victories, Bolt donated US$50,000 to the children of Sichuan province in China to help those harmed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[114] Bolt poses and celebrates for press photographers after winning the 100 m final at the 2008 Olympics Bolt's record-setting runs caused commentators not only to praise his achievements but to speculate about his potential to become one of the most successful sprinters in history.[23][115] Critics hailed his Olympic success as a new beginning for a sport that had long suffered through high-profile drug scandals.[76][116] The previous six years had seen the BALCO scandal, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin stripped of their 100 m world records, and Marion Jones returning three Olympic gold medals.[117] All three sprinters were disqualified from athletics after drugs tests detected banned substances in their systems.[118][119] Bolt's record-breaking performances caused suspicion among some commentators, including Victor Conte, and the lack of an independent Caribbean anti-doping federation raised more concerns.[120][121] The accusations of drug use were vehemently rejected by Glen Mills (Bolt's coach) and Herb Elliott (the Jamaican athletics team doctor). Elliott, a member of the IAAF anti-doping commission, urged those concerned about the issue to "come down and see our programme, come down and see our testing, we have nothing to hide".[122] Mills had been equally ardent that Bolt was a clean athlete, declaring to the Jamaica Gleaner: "We will test any time, any day, any part of the body...[he] doesn't even like to take vitamins".[123] Bolt stated that he had been tested four times prior to the Olympics, and all had tested negative for banned substances. He also welcomed anti-doping authorities to test him to prove that he was clean, stating, "We work hard and we perform well and we know we're clean".[124] I was slowing down long before the finish and wasn't tired at all. I could have gone back to the start and done it all over again. — Usain Bolt's thoughts on his 100m sprint at the 2008 Olympics, published in his autobiography Usain Bolt 9.58[125] After the 2008 Olympics At the end of the 2008 athletics season, Bolt competed in the ÅF Golden League, beginning in Weltklasse Zürich. Despite having the slowest start among his competitors in the 100 m race, he still crossed the finishing line in 9.83 s.[126] Even though the time was slower than both his newly set world record and Asafa Powell's track record, it was still among the top-fifteen 100 m finishes by any sprinter to that date.[90] Bolt admitted that he was not running at full strength because he was suffering from a cold, but he concentrated on winning the race and finishing the season in good health.[126] At the Super Grand Prix final in Lausanne, Bolt ran his second-fastest 200 m with a time of 19.63 s, equalling Xavier Carter's track record.[127] However, it was the 100 m final, featuring Asafa Powell, that drew the most interest. Powell had moved closer to Bolt's world record after setting a new personal best of 9.72 s, reaffirming his status as Bolt's main contender.[128] Bolt's final event of the season came three days later at the Golden League final in Brussels. This was the first 100 m race featuring both Bolt and Powell since the final in the Olympics. Both Jamaicans broke the track record, but Bolt came out on top with a time of 9.77 s, beating Powell by 0.06 s. Victory, however, did not come as smoothly as it had in Beijing. Bolt made the slowest start of the nine competitors and had to recover ground in cold conditions and against a 0.9 m/s (3.2 km/h; 2.0 mph) headwind.[129] Yet the results confirmed Jamaican dominance in the 100 m, with nine of the ten-fastest legal times in history being recorded by either Bolt or Powell.[90] On his return to Jamaica, Bolt was honoured in a homecoming celebration and received an Order of Distinction in recognition of his achievements at the Olympics.[130] Additionally, Bolt was selected as the IAAF Male Athlete of the year, won a Special Olympic Award for his performances, and was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year.[131][132] Bolt turned his attention to future events, suggesting that he could aim to break the 400 metres world record in 2010 as no major championships were scheduled that year.[133] 2009 Berlin World Championships Bolt (centre) in the starting blocks before breaking the world record for 150 metres (14.35 seconds) Bolt started the season competing in the 400 metres in order to improve his speed, winning two races and registering 45.54 s in Kingston,[134] and windy conditions gave him his first sub-10 seconds finish of the season in the 100 m in March.[135] In late April, Bolt suffered minor leg injuries in a car crash. However, he quickly recovered following minor surgery and (after cancelling a track meet in Jamaica) he stated that he was fit to compete in the 150 metres street race at the Manchester Great City Games.[136] Bolt won the race in 14.35 s, the fastest time ever recorded for 150 m.[8] Despite not being at full fitness, he took the 100 and 200 m titles at the Jamaican national championships, with runs of 9.86 s and 20.25 s respectively.[137][138] This meant he had qualified for both events at the 2009 World Championships. Rival Tyson Gay suggested that Bolt's 100 m record was within his grasp, but Bolt dismissed the claim and instead noted that he was more interested in Asafa Powell's return from injury.[139] Bolt defied unfavourable conditions at the Athletissima meet in July, running 19.59 seconds into a 0.9 m/s (3.2 km/h; 2.0 mph) headwind and rain, to record the fourth fastest time ever over 200 m,[140] one hundredth off Gay's best time.[141] Bolt beating Tyson Gay and setting a 100 m world record at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin. The 2009 World Championships were held during August at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, which was coincidentally the same month and venue where Jesse Owens had achieved world-wide fame 73 years earlier. Bolt eased through the 100-m heats, clocking the fastest ever pre-final performance of 9.89 seconds.[142] The final was the first time that Bolt and Gay had met during the season, and Bolt set a new world record—which stands to this day—with a time of 9.58s to win his first World Championship gold medal.[143] Bolt took more than a tenth of a second off his previous best mark, and this was the largest-ever margin of improvement in the 100-m world record since the beginning of electronic timing.[7] Gay finished with a time of 9.71 s, 0.02 s off Bolt's 9.69 s world-record run in Beijing.[144][145] Bolt addresses the press in the Mixed Zone at the 2009 IAAF World Championships Although Gay withdrew from the second race of the competition, Bolt once again produced world record-breaking time in the 200 metres final. He broke his own record by 0.11 seconds, finishing with a time of 19.19 seconds.[146] He won the 200 m race by the largest margin in World Championships history, even though the race had three other athletes running under 19.90 seconds, the greatest number ever in the event.[9][147] Bolt's pace impressed even the more experienced of his competitors; third-placed Wallace Spearmon complimented his speed,[148] and the Olympic champion in Athens 2004 Shawn Crawford said "Just coming out there...I felt like I was in a video game, that guy was moving – fast".[149] Bolt pointed out that an important factor in his performance at the World Championships was his improved start to the races: his reaction times in the 100 m (0.146)[150] and 200 m (0.133)[151] were significantly faster than those he had produced in his world record runs at the Beijing Olympics.[152][153] However, he, together with other members of Jamaican 4×100 m relay team, fell short of their own world record of 37.10 s set at 2008 Summer Olympics by timing 37.31 s, which is, however, a championship record and the second fastest time in history at that date.[154] Michael Frater, Bolt, and Asafa Powell after winning the 4×100 m relay. Steve Mullings is missing from the picture. On the last day of the Berlin Championships, the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, presented Bolt with a 12-foot high section of the Berlin Wall in a small ceremony, saying Bolt had shown that "one can tear down walls that had been considered as insurmountable."[155] The nearly three-ton segment was delivered to the Jamaica Military Museum in Kingston.[156] Several days after Bolt broke the world records in 100 and 200 metres events, Mike Powell, the world record holder in long jump (8.95 metres set in 1991) argued that Bolt could become the first man to jump over 9 metres, the long jump event being "a perfect fit for his speed and height".[157] At the end of the season, he was selected as the IAAF World Athlete of the Year for the second year running.[158] 2010 Diamond League and broken streak Early on in the 2010 outdoor season, Bolt ran 19.56 seconds in the 200 m in Kingston, Jamaica for the fourth-fastest run of all time, although he stated that he had no record breaking ambitions for the forthcoming season.[159] He took to the international circuit May with wins in East Asia at the Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting and then a comfortable win in his 2010 IAAF Diamond League debut at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.[160][161] Bolt made an attempt to break Michael Johnson's best time over the rarely competed 300 metres event at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava. He failed to match Johnson's ten-year-old record of 30.85 and suffered a setback in that his 30.97-second run in wet weather had left him with an Achilles tendon problem.[162][163] After his return from injury a month later, Bolt asserted himself with a 100 m win at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne (9.82 seconds) and a victory over Asafa Powell at Meeting Areva in Paris (9.84 seconds).[164][165] Despite this run of form, he suffered only the second loss of his career in a 100 m final at the DN Galan. Tyson Gay soundly defeated him with a run of 9.84 to Bolt's 9.97 seconds, and the Jamaican reflected that he had slacked off in training early in the season while Gay had been better prepared and in a better condition.[166] This marked Bolt's first loss to Gay in the 100 m, which coincidentally occurred in the same stadium where Powell had beaten Bolt for the first time two years earlier.[167] 2011 World Championships Bolt during the 200 m final at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu Bolt went undefeated over 100 m and 200 m in the 2011 season. He began with wins in Rome and Ostrava in May.[168] He ran his first 200 m in over a year in Oslo that June and his time of 19.86 seconds was a world-leading one. Two further 200 m wins came in Paris and Stockholm the following month, as did a 100 m in Monaco, though he was a tenth of a second slower than compatriot Asafa Powell before the world championships.[169] Considered the favourite to win in the 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Bolt was eliminated from the final, breaking "ridiculously early" according to the starter in an interview for BBC Sport, and receiving a false start.[170] This proved to be the highest profile disqualification for a false start since the IAAF changed the rules that previously allowed one false start per race. The disqualification caused some to question the new rule, with former world champion Kim Collins saying it was "a sad night for athletics". Usain Bolt's countryman, Yohan Blake, won in a comparatively slow 9.92 seconds.[171] Bolt celebrating his relay victory at the 2011 World Championships In the World Championships 200 m, Bolt cruised through to the final which he won in a time of 19.40.[172] Though this was short of his world record times of the two previous major tournaments, it was the fourth fastest run ever at that point, after his own records and Michael Johnson's former record, and left him three tenths of a second ahead of runner-up Walter Dix. This achievement made Bolt one of only two men to win consecutive 200 m world titles, alongside Calvin Smith.[173] Bolt closed the championships with another gold with Jamaica in the 4 × 100 metres relay. Nesta Carter and Michael Frater joined world champions Bolt and Blake to set a world record time of 37.04.[174] Following the World Championships, Bolt ran 9.85 seconds for the 100 m to win in Zagreb before setting the year's best time of 9.76 seconds at the Memorial Van Damme. This run was overshadowed by Jamaican rival Blake's unexpected run of 19.26 seconds in the 200 m at the same meeting, which brought him within seven hundredths of Bolt's world record.[175] Although Bolt failed to win the Diamond Race in a specific event, he was not beaten on the 2011 IAAF Diamond League circuit, taking three wins in each of his specialities that year.[168][176] 2012 Summer Olympics Bolt at the start of his record-breaking win during the 100 metres final at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bolt began the 2012 season with a leading 100 m time of 9.82 seconds in May.[177] He defeated Asafa Powell with runs of 9.76 seconds in Rome and 9.79 in Oslo.[178] At the Jamaican Athletics Championships, he lost to Yohan Blake, first in the 200 m and then in the 100 m, with his younger rival setting leading times for the year.[179][180] However, at the 2012 London Olympics, he won the 100 metres gold medal with a time of 9.63 seconds, improving upon his own Olympic record and duplicating his gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Blake was the silver medallist with a time of 9.75 seconds.[181][182] Following the race, seventh-place finisher Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago declared "There's no doubt he's the greatest sprinter of all time", while USA Today referred to Bolt as a Jamaican "national hero", noting that his victory came just hours before Jamaica was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom.[183] With his 2012 win, Bolt became the first man to successfully defend an Olympic sprint title since Carl Lewis in 1988.[184] I'm now a legend. I'm also the greatest athlete to live. — Usain Bolt, after winning his seventh title in the 100 and 200 m, 9 August 2012[185] Bolt followed this up with a successful defence of his Olympic 200 metres title with a time of 19.32 seconds, followed by Blake at 19.44 and Warren Weir at 19.84 to complete a Jamaican podium sweep. With this, Bolt became the first man in history to defend both the 100 m and 200 m Olympic sprint titles.[186][187] He was dramatic in victory: in the final metres of the 200 m race, Bolt placed his fingers on his lips, gesturing to silence his critics, and after crossing the line he completed five push-ups – one for each of his Olympic gold medals.[185][188][189] Bolt at the start of the 2012 Olympic 200 m On the final day of the 2012 Olympic athletics, Bolt participated in Jamaica's gold medal-winning 4×100 metres relay team along with Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Blake. With a time of 36.84 seconds, they knocked two tenths of a second from their previous world record from 2011.[190] He celebrated by imitating the "Mobot" celebration of Mo Farah, who had claimed a long-distance track double for the host nation.[191] International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge initially stated that Bolt was not yet a "legend" and would not deserve such acclaim until the end of his career,[192] but later called him the best sprinter of all time.[193] Following the Olympics he was confirmed as the highest earning track and field athlete in history.[194] Bolt ended his season with wins on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit; he had 200 m wins of 19.58 and 19.66 in Lausanne and Zürich before closing with a 100 m of 9.86 in Brussels.[195][196] The latter run brought him his first Diamond League title in the 100 m.[197] 2013 World Championships 100m heat, Moscow, 2013 Bolt celebrating at the 2013 London Anniversary Games Bolt failed to record below 10 seconds early season and had his first major 100 m race of 2013 at the Golden Gala in June. He was served an unexpected defeat by Justin Gatlin, with the American winning 9.94 to Bolt's 9.95. Bolt denied the loss was due to a hamstring issue he had early that year and Gatlin responded: "I don't know how many people have beaten Bolt but it's an honour".[198][199] With Yohan Blake injured, Bolt won the Jamaican 100 m title ahead of Kemar Bailey-Cole and skipped the 200 m, which was won by Warren Weir.[200][201] Prior to the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, Bolt set world leading times in the sprints, with 9.85 for the 100 m at the London Anniversary Games and 19.73 for the 200 m in Paris.[202][203] Bolt regained the title as world's fastest man by winning the World Championships 100 metres in Moscow. In wet conditions, he edged Gatlin by eight hundredths of a second with 9.77, which was the fastest run that year.[204][205] Gatlin was the sole non-Jamaican in the top five, with Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade and Bailey-Cole finishing next.[206] Bolt running the 2013 World 100 m heats Bolt was less challenged in the 200 m final. His closest rival was Jamaican champion Warren Weir but Bolt ran a time of 19.66 to finish over a tenth of a second clear.[207] This performance made Bolt the first man in the history of the 200 metres at the World Championships in Athletics to win three gold medals over the distance.[208] Bolt won a third consecutive world relay gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay final, which made him the most successful athlete in the 30-year history of the world championships.[209] The Jamaican team, featuring four of the top five from the 100 m final were comfortable winners with Bolt reaching the finish line on his anchor leg three tenths of a second ahead of the American team anchored by Gatlin.[210] Bolt's performances were matched on the women's side by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, meaning Jamaica took a complete sweep of the sprint medals at the 2013 World Championships.[209] After the championships, Bolt took 100 m wins on the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit in Zürich and Brussels. He remained unbeaten in the 200 m and his only loss that year was to Gatlin over 100 m in Rome.[211] For the fifth time in six years, Bolt was named IAAF World Male Athlete of the Year.[212] 2014: Injury and Commonwealth Games An injury to Bolt's hamstring in March 2014 caused him to miss nine weeks of training. Having recovered from surgery, Bolt competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Not in peak form Bolt said that he was attending the Games for the fans and to show his progress since the injury.[213] Bolt and his teammates won the 4 × 100 metres relay in 37.58 seconds – a Commonwealth Games record.[214] This was the foremost competition of the year for Bolt, given no Olympics or World Championships in 2014. In August 2014, Bolt set the indoor 100 m world record in Warsaw with a time of 9.98 seconds.[215] This was his sole individual outing of the 2014 season.[216] Soon afterwards he ended his season early in order to be fit for the 2015 season.[217] In Bolt's absence, Justin Gatlin had dominated the sprints, holding the year's fastest times, including seven of the top ten 100 m runs that season.[216][218] 2015 Beijing World Championships At the start of 2015, he intended to make the 2017 World Championships in Athletics his last major competition before retirement.[219] Bolt after winning his fourth 200 m world title Upon his return from injury, Bolt appeared a reduced figure at the start of the 2015 season. He ran only two 100 m and three 200 m before the major championship. He opened with 10.12 seconds for the 100 m and 20.20 for the 200 m. He won the 200 m in New York and Ostrava, but his season's best time of 20.13 seconds ranked him 20th in the world going into the championships.[220] Two 100 m runs of 9.87 in July in London showed better form, but in comparison, Justin Gatlin was easily the top ranked sprinter – the American had times of 9.74 and 19.57 seconds, and had already run under 9.8 seconds on four occasions that season.[220][221] Bolt entered the World Championships to defend his sprint titles but was not the comfortable favourite he had been since 2008.[222][223] In the World Championships 100 m, Bolt won his semi-final in 9.96, which lagged Gatlin's semi-final win in 9.77 seconds.[221] However, Gatlin did not match that form in the final while Bolt improved through the rounds. In a narrow victory, Bolt leaned at the line to beat Gatlin 9.79 to 9.80 seconds. Bolt joined Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene on a record three 100 m world titles.[224][225][226] Bolt taking a close World 100 m win over Justin Gatlin A similar outcome followed in the 200 m World finals. In the semi-final, Gatlin outpaced Bolt – the Jamaican at 19.95 and the American at 19.87. Despite such slow times prior to Beijing, Bolt delivered in the final with his fifth fastest run ever for the 200 m at 19.55 seconds. Gatlin failed to reach his early season form and finished almost two-tenths of a second behind Bolt. Bolt's four consecutive wins over 200 m at the World Championships was unprecedented and established him clearly as the best ever sprinter at the competition.[227] There was also a fourth straight win in the 4 × 100 metres relay with the Jamaica team (Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt). The Americans initially had a lead, but a poor baton exchange saw them disqualified and Jamaica defend their title in 37.36 seconds – well clear of the Chinese team who took a surprise silver for the host nation.[228] Conscious of his injuries at the start of the season, he did not compete after the World Championships, skipping the 2015 IAAF Diamond League final.[229] 2016 Rio Olympics Andre De Grasse and Bolt after running the 100 m final at the 2016 Olympics Bolt competed sparingly in the 200 m before the Olympics, with a run of 19.89 seconds to win at the London Grand Prix being his sole run of note over that distance. He had four races over 100 m, though only one was in Europe, and his best of 9.88 seconds in Kingston placed him fourth on the world seasonal rankings. As in the previous season, Gatlin appeared to be in better form, having seasonal bests of 9.80 and 19.75 seconds to rank first and second in the sprints.[230][231] Doping in athletics was a prime topic before the 2016 Rio Olympics, given the banning of the Russian track and field team for state doping, and Bolt commented that he had no problem with doping controls: "I have no issue with being drug-tested...I remember in Beijing every other day they were drug-testing us". He also highlighted his dislike of rival Tyson Gay's reduced ban for cooperation, given their close rivalry since the start of Bolt's career, saying "it really bothered me – really, really bothered me".[232] I want to be among greats Muhammad Ali and Pelé. — Usain Bolt on his sporting legacy prior to his final Olympics, 9 August 2016.[233] At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bolt won the 100 metres gold medal with a time of 9.81 seconds.[234] With this win, Bolt became the first athlete to win the event three times at the Olympic Games.[234] Bolt followed up his 100 m win with a gold medal in the 200 m, which also makes him the first athlete to win the 200 m three times at the Olympic Games.[235] Bolt ran the anchor leg for the finals of the 4 × 100 m relay and secured his third consecutive and last Olympic gold medal in the event.[236] With that win, Bolt obtained the "triple-triple", three sprinting gold medals in three consecutive Olympics, and finished his Olympic career with a 100% win record in finals.[236] However, in January 2017, Bolt was stripped of the 4 × 100 relay gold from the Beijing Games in 2008 because his teammate Nesta Carter was found guilty of a doping violation.[237] 2017 season Bolt after injuring his hamstring in the 4x100 m relay final of the 2017 World Athletics Championships Bolt took a financial stake in a new Australia-based track and field meeting series – Nitro Athletics. He performed at the inaugural meet in February 2017 and led his team (Bolt All-Stars) to victory. The competition featured variations on traditional track and field events. He committed himself to three further editions.[238][239] In 2017, the Jamaican team was stripped of the 2008 Olympics 4×100 metre title due to Nesta Carter's disqualification for doping offences. Bolt, who never failed a dope test, was quoted by the BBC saying that the prospect of having to return the gold was "heartbreaking".[240] The banned substance in Carter's test was identified as methylhexanamine, a nasal decongestant sometimes used in dietary supplements. At the 2017 World Athletics Championships, Bolt won his heat uncomfortably after a slow start in 10.07, in his semi-final he improved to 9.98 but was beaten by Christian Coleman by 0.01. That race broke Bolt's 4 year winning streak in the 100 m. In his final individual race, in the final, Bolt won the bronze medal in 9.95, 0.01 behind silver medalist Coleman and 0.03 behind World Champion Justin Gatlin. It was the first time Bolt had been beaten at a major championship since the 4×100 m relay of the 2007 World Athletics Championships. Also at the 2017 World Athletics Championships, Bolt participated as the anchor runner for Jamaica's 4×100-metre relay team in both the heats and the final. Jamaica won their heat comfortably in 37.95 seconds. In what was intended to be his final race, Bolt pulled up in agony with 50 metres to go and collapsed to the track after what was later confirmed to be another hamstring injury. He refused a wheelchair and crossed the finish line one last time with the assistance of his teammates Omar McLeod, Julian Forte, and Yohan Blake.[241] Following his 2017 season, Bolt had a statue of him unveiled in his honour at the National Stadium in Kingston on 3 December 2017.[242] The statue shows him in his signature "lightning bolt" pose.[242] Personal life Bolt with the IAAF men's Athlete of the Year award in Monaco Bolt expresses a love for dancing and his character is frequently described as laid-back and relaxed.[25][243] His Jamaican track and field idols include Herb McKenley and former Jamaican 100 m and 200 m world record holder Don Quarrie. Michael Johnson, the former 200 m world and Olympic record holder, is also held in high esteem by Bolt.[25] Bolt has the nickname "Lightning Bolt" due to his name and speed.[1] He is Catholic and known for making the sign of the cross before racing competitively, and he wears a Miraculous Medal during his races. His middle name is St. Leo.[244] In 2010, Bolt also revealed his fondness of music, when he played a reggae DJ set to a crowd in Paris.[245] He is also an avid fan of the Call of Duty video game series, saying, "I stay up late [playing the game online], I can't help it."[246] Waxwork of Bolt in his "lightning bolt" pose at Madame Tussauds, London In his autobiography, Bolt wrote that he suffered from scoliosis, a curvature of the spine which made his right leg 1⁄2 inch (13 mm) shorter than his left.[247] This condition causes an uneven stride, with his left leg remaining on the ground for longer than his right, and hitting the ground with a lesser force. Biomechanics researchers have studied, with no firm conclusions, whether this asymmetry has helped or hurt Bolt in his sprinting career.[247] He popularised the "lightning bolt" pose, also known as "to di world" or "bolting", which he used both before races and in celebration. The pose consists of extending a slightly raised left arm to the side and the right arm folded across the chest, with both hands have the thumb and index finger outstretched. His performance of the pose during his Olympic and World Championship victories led to widespread copying of the move, from American President Barack Obama to small children. It has been suggested that the pose comes from Jamaican dancehall moves of the period,[248][249] though Olympic sprint champion Bernard Williams also had performed similar celebration moves earlier that decade.[250] His habit of fist bumping the volunteers for good luck has been noted in the media.[251][252][253] In 2021, Bolt told the BBC that his love for video games, such as Mario Kart and Mortal Kombat, helped him during his Olympic career.[254] Financial crisis Usain Bolt had fallen victim to a fraud scheme, resulting in the disappearance of more than $12 million from his retirement savings account, according to a letter from his attorneys obtained by the Associated Press. The account, held with Kingston-based investment firm Stocks and Securities Ltd., showed a balance of only $12,000, down from its previous $12.8 million. Bolt's legal team had stated that if the allegations were true, a serious act of fraud or larceny had been committed against their client.[255] Family On 17 May 2020, Bolt's longtime girlfriend Kasi Bennett gave birth to their first child, daughter Olympia Lightning.[256][257][258][259] Bolt and Bennett welcomed twin boys Thunder and Saint Leo in June 2021.[260][261][262] Other sports Cricket was the first sport to interest Bolt, and he said if he were not a sprinter, he would be a fast bowler instead.[25] As a child, he admired the bowling of Waqar Younis.[263] He is also a fan of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, West Indian opener Chris Gayle,[264] and Australian opener Matthew Hayden.[265] During a charity cricket match, Bolt clean-bowled Gayle, who was complimentary of Bolt's pace and swing.[266] Bolt also struck a six off Gayle's bowling. Another bowler complimentary of Bolt's pace was former West Indies fast-bowling great Curtly Ambrose.[267] After talking with Australian cricketer Shane Warne, Bolt suggested that if he were able to get time off he would be interested in playing in the cricket Big Bash League. Melbourne Stars chief executive Clint Cooper said there were free spots on his team should he be available. Bolt stated that he enjoyed the Twenty20 version of the game, admiring the aggressive and constant nature of the batting. On his own ability, he said, "I don't know how good I am. I will probably have to get a lot of practice in."[268][269] Bolt is also a fan of Premier League football team Manchester United.[270] He has declared he is a fan of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.[271] Bolt was a special guest of Manchester United at the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final in London, where he stated that he would like to play for them after his retirement.[272] In 2013, Bolt played basketball in the NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Game. He scored two points from a slam dunk but acknowledged his other basketball skills were lacking.[273] In an interview with Decca Aitkenhead of The Guardian in November 2016, Bolt said he wished to play as a professional footballer after retiring from track and field. He reiterated his desire to play for Manchester United if given a chance and added, "For me, if I could get to play for Manchester United, that would be like a dream come true. Yes, that would be epic."[274] In 2018, after training with Norwegian side Strømsgodset,[275] Bolt played for the club as a forward in a friendly match against the Norway national under-19 team. He wore the number "9.58" in allusion to his 100 m world record.[276] Bolt wore the same number whilst captaining the World XI during Soccer Aid 2018 at Old Trafford.[277] On 21 August 2018, on his 32nd birthday, Bolt started training with Australian club Central Coast Mariners of the A-League.[278] He made his friendly debut for the club as a substitute on 31 August 2018 against a Central Coast Select team, made up of players playing in the local area.[279] On 12 October, he started in a friendly against amateur club Macarthur South West United and scored two goals, both in the second half, with his goal celebration featuring his signature "To Di World" pose.[280][281] Bolt was offered a two-year contract from Maltese club Valletta, which he turned down on 18 October 2018.[282] On 21 October 2018, Bolt was offered a contract by the Mariners.[283] The Australian FA was helping the Mariners to fund it.[284] Later that month, Perth Glory forward Andy Keogh was critical of Bolt's ability, stating his first touch is "like a trampoline." He added Bolt has "shown a bit of potential but it's a little bit of a kick in the teeth to the professionals that are in the league."[285] Bolt left the Mariners in early November 2018 after 8 weeks with the club.[286] In January 2019, Bolt decided not to pursue a career in football, saying his "sports life is over."[287] Bolt, a Green Bay Packers fan, stated in July 2021 he could have considered a career as a wide receiver in the National Football League had the rules on violent tackles related to concussions been as tightly regulated 'back in the day' as they were by that stage. If he had switched to gridiron football, his concern was that he would have been a high-priced target for very heavy hits which made him back out of his desire to try the sport. He also felt certain that even at 34 and being retired he would comfortably be the fastest player in the league.[288] Documentary film A documentary film based on the athletic life of Bolt to win three Olympic gold medals, titled I Am Bolt, was released on 28 November 2016 in United Kingdom. The film was directed by Benjamin Turner and Gabe Turner.[289][290] Infection with COVID-19 On 24 August 2020, Bolt tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently went into self-isolation in his home.[291] He said that he was asymptomatic.[292] Bolt had himself tested on 22 August, the day after celebrating his 34th birthday with a party where guests did not wear face masks. Coincidentally, the guests at the party danced in an open field to Jamaican reggae singer Koffee's song "Lockdown".[293] Sponsorships and advertising work Bolt wearing Puma shoes as part of a sponsorship deal After winning the 200 m title in the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Bolt signed a sponsorship deal with Puma.[294] To promote Bolt's chase for Olympic glory in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Puma released a series of videos including Bolt's then-world-record-setting run in Icahn Stadium and his Olympic preparations.[295] After his record-breaking run in New York City, which was preceded by a lightning storm,[296] the press frequently made puns on the Jamaican's name, nicknaming him "Lightning Bolt" and the "Bolt from the blue".[297][298][299] During the 2008 Beijing 100 m final, Bolt wore golden Puma Complete Theseus spikes that had "Beijing 100 m Gold" emblazoned across them.[300] Writing of Bolt's performance at the Olympics, The Associated Press said: Almost single-handedly, Bolt has helped track transform itself from a dying sport to one with a singular, smiling, worldwide star. — The Associated Press, 10 August 2012[188] In September 2010, Bolt travelled to Australia where his sponsor Gatorade was holding an event called the "Gatorade Bolt" to find Australia's fastest footballer. The event was held at the Sydney International Athletic Centre and featured football players from rugby league, rugby union, Australian rules football, and association football. Prior to the race Bolt gave the runners some private coaching and also participated in the 10th anniversary celebrations for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games.[301] In January 2012, Bolt impersonated Richard Branson in an advertising campaign for Virgin Media.[302] The campaign was directed by Seth Gordon and features the Virgin founder Branson to promote its broadband service. In March 2012, Bolt starred in an advert for Visa and the 2012 Summer Olympics.[303] In July 2012, Bolt and RockLive launched Bolt!, an Apple iOS game based on his exploits. Bolt! quickly became the No. 1 app in Jamaica and climbed the UK iTunes charts to reach No. 2 on the list of Top Free Apps.[304] In 2012, Bolt collaborated with headphone maker Soul Electronics to design his own line of headphones. Bolt designed both an in-ear bud and over-ear model with the Jamaican color scheme and his signature "To Di World" pose.[305] Bolt's autobiography, My Story: 9.58: Being the World's Fastest Man, was released in 2010. Bolt had previously said that the book "...should be exciting, it's my life, and I'm a cool and exciting guy."[270] His athletics agent is PACE Sports Management.[306] As part of his sponsorship deal with Puma, the manufacturer sends sporting equipment to his alma mater, William Knibb Memorial High School, every year. At Bolt's insistence, advertisements featuring him are filmed in Jamaica, by a Jamaican production crew, in an attempt to boost local enterprise and gain exposure for the country.[307] In 2017, Bolt had the third highest earning social media income for sponsors among sportspeople (behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar), and he was the only non-footballer in the top seven.[308] Bolt is the highest paid athlete in the history of the sport.[309][310] In 2016, Bolt earned about $33 million in one year putting him at No. 32 on Forbes list of The World's Highest-paid Athletes making him the only track and field athlete on the list.[309] Entrepreneurship See also: Micromobility Usain Bolt co-founded electric scooter company Bolt Mobility in 2018, created in his namesake.[311] Bolt founded the micromobility company, which provides electric scooters and other yet-to-be released mobility devices, such as the company's upcoming Bolt Nano. Bolt appeared in Bolt Mobility's debut commercial, released through YouTube and his official Facebook account.[312] Bolt appeared in a number of interviews for the company, alongside CEO Sarah Pishevar Haynes. Bolt made his first public appearance for the company in March 2019, during the company's New York City launch and in CNBC interviews on the NYSE.[313] In May 2019, the company expanded its services to Europe, introducing the product first in Paris.[314] In May 2019, Bolt spoke in Paris at the Viva Technology conference, where he introduced the company's future release of the Nano minicar.[315] He also met with French president Emmanuel Macron while at the conference. While in France, Bolt participated in a CNN interview where he revealed his reasons for founding the company.[316] "I've been to New York, London, Paris and one thing I've noticed is that we all complain about traffic!" Usain Bolt, CNN Interview on his e-scooter company Bolt argues that his scooter is different, which allows bag, shopping and mobile phone storage. The scooters have capabilities to reach up to 30 mph, but are typically capped at 15 mph depending on city regulation. The company has begun operations in a number of U.S. cities, and plans to expand throughout Europe and Asia.[317] In early July 2022, Bolt Mobility abruptly ceased operations, leaving bike-sharing programs up in the air, including Burlington, Vermont;[318] Portland, Oregon; Richmond, California; and Richmond, Virginia.[319][320] Music producer In July 2019, Bolt made his debut as a dancehall music producer with the release of the Olympe Rosé riddim that featured 5 tracks from Jamaican dancehall artistes: Dexta Daps "Big Moves", Munga Honorable "Weekend", Christopher Martin "Dweet", Ding Dong "Top A Di Top" and football player turned artist Ricardo "Bibi" Gardner "Mount A Gyal".[321] In November 2019, he followed up with another compilation called Immortal Riddim that included tracks from Vybz Kartel, Masicka, Munga Honorable and Christopher Martin.[322][323] In early January 2021, Bolt released a single titled "Living the Dream" with his childhood friend and manager Nugent 'NJ' Walker.[324] Recognition Sally Pearson and Bolt with their IAAF Athlete of the Year awards in Monaco IAAF World Athlete of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016[325] Track & Field Athlete of the Year: 2008, 2009 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017[326][327][328] BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2012 L'Équipe Champion of Champions: 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015 Jamaica Sportsman of the year: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 AIPS Male Athlete of the Year: 2015[329] Marca Leyenda (2009) In October 2008, he was made a Commander of the Order of Distinction,[330] which entitles him to use the post nominal letters CD.[331] In 2009, at age 23, Usain Bolt became the youngest member so far[332] of the Order of Jamaica.[333][334] The award was "for outstanding performance in the field of athletics at the international level".[332] In the Jamaican honours system, this is considered the equivalent of a knighthood in the British honours system,[335] and entitles him to be formally styled "The Honourable", and to use the post nominal letters OJ.[331] Statistics Personal bests Event Time (seconds) Venue Date Records Notes 100 metres 9.58 Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009 WR Also has the second fastest time (9.63) and shares the third fastest time of 9.69 with Tyson Gay and Yohan Blake. Bolt's 9.63 is the Olympic record, set at the 2012 games. 150 metres 14.35 Manchester, England 17 May 2009 WB[note 2] He ran the last 100 m in 8.70, the fastest ever recorded time over a 100 m distance. This would equal an average speed of 41.38 km/h (25.71 mph). 200 metres 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009 WR Also holds the Olympic record with 19.30, which was then (2008) a world record. 300 metres 30.97 Ostrava, Czech Republic 27 May 2010 NR This is the third fastest time, behind Wayde van Niekerk 30.81 & Michael Johnson 30.85. The event is not recognised by the IAAF. 400 metres 45.28 Kingston, Jamaica 5 May 2007 [1] 4 × 100 metres relay 36.84 London, England 11 August 2012 WR Shared with Yohan Blake, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter. Records Bolt's personal best of 9.58 seconds in 2009 in the 100 metres is the fastest ever run.[336] Bolt also holds the second fastest time of 9.63 seconds,[88] the current Olympic record,[90] and set two previous world records in the event. Bolt's personal best of 19.19 s in the 200 metres is the world record. This was recorded at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin against a headwind of −0.3 m/s (−1.1 km/h; −0.67 mph). This performance broke his previous world record in the event, his 19.30 s clocking in winning the 2008 Olympic 200 metres title. Bolt has been on three world-record-setting Jamaican relay teams. The first record, 37.10 seconds, was set in winning gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics, although the result was voided in 2017 when the team was disqualified. The second record came at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, a time of 37.04 seconds. The third world record was set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a time of 36.84 seconds.[337] Bolt also holds the 200 metres world teenage best results for the age categories 15 (20.58 s), 16 (20.13 s, former world youth record),[338][339] 17 (19.93 s) and 18 (19.93 s, world junior record).[88] He also holds the 150 metres world best set in 2009, during which he ran the last 100 metres in 8.70 seconds, the quickest timed 100 metres ever.[88] Bolt completed a total of 53 wind-legal sub-10-second performances in the 100 m during his career, with his first coming on 3 May 2008 and his last on 5 August 2017 at the World Championships. His longest undefeated streak in the 200 m was in 17 finals, lasting from 12 June 2008 to 3 September 2011. He also had a win-streak covering 14 100 m finals from 16 August 2008 to 16 July 2010.[340] Guinness World Records Bolt claimed 19 Guinness World Records, and, after Michael Phelps, holds the second-highest number of accumulative Guinness World Records for total number of accomplishments and victories in sports.[341] Fastest run 150 metres (male) Most medals won at the IAAF Athletics World Championships (male) Most gold medals won at the IAAF Athletics World Championships (male) Most Athletics World Championships Men's 200 m wins Most consecutive Olympic gold medals won in the 100 metres (male) Most consecutive Olympic gold medals won in the 200 metres (male) Most Olympic men's 200 metres Gold medals Fastest run 200 metres (male) Most Men's IAAF World Athlete of Year Trophies First Olympic track sprint triple-double Highest annual earnings for a track athlete Most wins of the 100 m sprint at the Olympic Games First athlete to win the 100 m and 200 m sprints at successive Olympic Games Fastest run 100 metres (male) First man to win the 200 m sprint at successive Olympic Games Most Athletics World Championships Men's 100 m wins Most tickets sold at an IAAF World Championships Most competitive 100 m sprint races completed in sub 10 seconds Fastest relay 4×100 metres (male) Average and top speeds From his record time of 9.58 s for the 100 m sprint, Usain Bolt's average ground speed equates to 37.58 km/h (23.35 mph). However, once his reaction time of 0.148 s is subtracted, his time is 9.44 s, making his average speed 38.18 km/h (23.72 mph).[143] Bolt's top speed, based on his split time of 1.61 s for the 20 metres from the 60- to 80-metre marks (made during the 9.58 WR at 100m), is 12.42 m/s (44.72 km/h (27.79 mph)).[342] Season's bests Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. World rank in parentheses Year 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 2001 — 21.73 48.28 2002 — 20.58 47.12 2003 — 20.13 (9) 45.35 2004 — 19.93 (2) 47.58 2005 — 19.99 (3) — 2006 — 19.88 (4) 47.58 2007 10.03 (12) 19.75 (3) 45.28 2008 9.69 (1) 19.30 (1) 46.94 2009 9.58 (1) 19.19 (1) 45.54 2010 9.82 (4) 19.56 (1) 45.87 2011 9.76 (1) 19.40 (2) — 2012 9.63 (1) 19.32 (1) — 2013 9.77 (1) 19.66 (1) 46.44 2014 9.98 (16) — — 2015 9.79 (2) 19.55 (1) 46.38 2016 9.81 (2) 19.78 (3) — 2017 9.95 (10) — — World rankings Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. International competitions Bolt poses with his 200 m gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics Representing  Jamaica Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes 2001 CARIFTA Games Bridgetown, Barbados 2nd 200 m 21.81 2nd 400 m 48.28 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary 17th (semis) 200 m 21.73 4th Medley relay 1:52.36 2002 CAC Junior Championships (U17) Bridgetown, Barbados 1st 200 m 20.61 CR 1st 400 m 47.12 CR 1st 4×100 m relay 40.95 CR 1st 4×400 m relay 3:16.61 CR CARIFTA Games Nassau, Bahamas 1st 200 m 21.12 CR 1st 400 m 47.33 CR 1st 4×400 m relay 3:18.88 CR World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 1st 200 m 20.61 2nd 4×100 m relay 39.15 NJR 2nd 4×400 m relay 3:04.06 NJR 2003 CARIFTA Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 200 m 20.43 CR 1st 400 m 46.35 CR 1st 4×100 m relay 39.43 CR 1st 4×400 m relay 3:09.70 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 1st 200 m 20.40 DNS (semis) 400 m — DQ (semis) Medley relay — Pan American Junior Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 1st 200 m 20.13 WYB 2nd 4×100 m relay 39.40 2004 CARIFTA Games Hamilton, Bermuda 1st 200 m 19.93 WJR 1st 4×100 m relay 39.48 1st 4×400 m relay 3:12.00 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 40th (heats) 200 m 21.05 2005 CAC Championships Nassau, Bahamas 1st 200 m 20.03 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th 200 m 26.27 2006 World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 200 m 20.10 IAAF World Cup Athens, Greece 2nd 200 m 19.96 2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 2nd 200 m 19.91 2nd 4×100 m relay 37.89 2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 1st 100 m 9.69 WR OR 1st 200 m 19.30 WR OR DQ 4×100 m relay — Teammate doping[343] 2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 100 m 9.58 WR CR 1st 200 m 19.19 WR CR 1st 4×100 m relay 37.31 CR World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 1st 200 m 19.68 CR= 2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea DQ 100 m — False start 1st 200 m 19.40 WL 1st 4×100 m relay 37.04 WR CR 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 1st 100 m 9.63 OR 1st 200 m 19.32 WL 1st 4×100 m relay 36.84 WR 2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 1st 100 m 9.77 WL 1st 200 m 19.66 WL 1st 4×100 m relay 37.36 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 4×100 m relay 37.58 GR 2015 World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4×100 m relay 37.68 World Championships Beijing, China 1st 100 m 9.79 1st 200 m 19.55 WL 1st 4×100 m relay 37.36 WL 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 100 m 9.81 1st 200 m 19.78 1st 4×100 m relay 37.27 2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 3rd 100 m 9.95 DNF 4×100 m relay — Injury National titles Jamaican Athletics Championships 100 m: 2008, 2009, 2013 200 m: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 Circuit wins 100 m Diamond League / Golden League[DL 1] Overall winner: 2012 Zürich Weltklasse: 2008, 2009, 2013 Brussels Memorial Van Damme: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 Paris Meeting Areva: 2009, 2010 Lausanne Athletissima: 2010 Rome Golden Gala: 2011, 2012 Monaco Herculis: 2011, 2017 London Anniversary Games: 2013, 2015 Other World Tour / World Challenge meets Rethymno Vardinoyiannia: 2007 Kingston Jamaica International: 2008, 2012 New York Reebok Grand Prix[DL 2]: 2008 Ostrava Golden Spike: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 London Grand Prix[DL 3]: 2009 Daegu Colorful Pre-Championships Meeting: 2010 Zagreb Hanžeković Memorial: 2011 Hampton International Games: 2008 Warsaw Kamila Skolimowska Memorial: 2014 Kingston Racers Grand Prix: 2016, 2017 200 m Diamond League / Golden League[DL 1] Brussels Memorial Van Damme: 2009 Shanghai: 2010 Oslo Bislett Games: 2011, 2012, 2013 Paris Meeting Areva: 2011, 2013 Stockholm DN-galan: 2011 Lausanne Athletissima: 2012 Zürich Weltklasse: 2012 New York Adidas Grand Prix: 2015 London Anniversary Games: 2016 Other World Tour / World Challenge meets Kingston Jamaica International: 2005, 2006, 2010 New York Reebok Grand Prix[DL 2]: 2005 Ostrava Golden Spike: 2006, 2008, 2015 Zagreb Hanžeković Memorial: 2006 London Grand Prix[DL 3]: 2007, 2008 Athens Grand Prix Tsiklitiria: 2008 Lausanne Athletissima[DL 4]: 2008, 2009 Hampton International Games: 2007 Kingston UTech Classic: 2015  The IAAF replaced the Golden League with the expanded Diamond League as the highest tier of meets in 2010.[344]  In 2010 the Reebok Grand Prix was renamed to the Adidas Grand Prix and joined the Diamond League tier of meets.[345]  in 2010 the London Grand Prix joined the Diamond League tier of meets, and in 2013 the meet was renamed to the Anniversary Games.[346][347]  The Athletissima joined the Diamond League tier of meets in 2010.[346] Other distances Manchester GreatCity Games: 2010 (150 m)[348] Ostrava Golden Spike: 2010 (300 m) See also Athletics in Jamaica Jamaica at the Olympics List of multiple Olympic gold medalists List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games Men's 100 metres world record progression Men's 200 metres world record progression Sport in Berlin Notes  Not a competition event.  This is not an official world record as the IAAF, the international athletics governing body, does not recognise the distance. 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External links  Media related to Usain Bolt at Wikimedia Commons  Usain Bolt at Wikinews  Quotations related to Usain Bolt at Wikiquote Official website Usain Bolt at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata Usain Bolt timeline via The Daily Telegraph Videos Usain Bolt wins the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics men's 100 metres final in 9.58 seconds via IAAF on YouTube Usain Bolt wins the 2009 Great CityGames Manchester men's 150 metres final in 14.35 seconds via Athletics Weekly on YouTube Usain Bolt wins the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics men's 200 metres final in 19.19 seconds via IAAF on YouTube Usain Bolt wins the 2012 Olympic Games men's 100 metres final in 9.63 seconds via the Olympic Channel on YouTube Usain Bolt wins the 2012 Olympic Games men's 200 metres final in 19.32 seconds via the Olympic Channel on YouTube Usain Bolt wins the 2016 Olympic Games men's 100 metres final in 9.81 seconds via the Olympic Channel on YouTube Usain Bolt wins the 2016 Olympic Games men's 200 metres final in 19.79 seconds via the Olympic Channel on YouTube All of Usain Bolt's Olympic Games finals via the Olympic Channel on YouTube Related Records Preceded by Asafa Powell Men's 100 metres World Record Holder 31 May 2008 – present Incumbent Preceded by Michael Johnson Men's 200 metres World Record Holder 20 August 2008 – present Incumbent Preceded by Roy Martin Men's World Junior Record Holder, 200 metres 11 April 2004 – 26 June 2021 Succeeded by Erriyon Knighton Preceded by DaBryan Blanton Boys' World Youth Best Holder, 200 metres 5 April 2003 – 31 May 2021 Achievements Preceded by Asafa Powell Tyson Gay Men's season's best performance, 100 metres 2008, 2009 2012, 2013 Succeeded by Tyson Gay Justin Gatlin Preceded by Tyson Gay Yohan Blake Men's season's best performance, 200 metres 2008, 2009, 2010 2012, 2013 Succeeded by Yohan Blake Justin Gatlin Awards Preceded by Asafa Powell Christopher Gayle Nicholas Walters Jamaica Sportsman of the year 2008, 2009 2011, 2012, 2013 2015, 2016 Succeeded by Christopher Gayle Nicholas Walters Omar McLeod Preceded by Asafa Powell CAC Male Athlete of the Year 2008 Incumbent Preceded by Tyson Gay Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 2008, 2009 Succeeded by David Rudisha Preceded by Tyson Gay David Rudisha Ashton Eaton IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2008, 2009 2011 – 2013 2016 Succeeded by David Rudisha Renaud Lavillenie Mutaz Essa Barshim Preceded by Roger Federer Novak Djokovic BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2008, 2009 2012 Succeeded by Rafael Nadal Sebastian Vettel Preceded by Roger Federer Lionel Messi Renaud Lavillenie L'Équipe Champion of Champions 2008, 2009 2012 2015, 2016 Succeeded by Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal/Roger Federer Preceded by Roger Federer José Mourinho Vincenzo Nibali Gazzetta dello Sport Sportsman of the Year 2008, 2009 2012, 2013 2015, 2016 Succeeded by Lionel Messi Vincenzo Nibali Roger Federer Preceded by Roger Federer Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 2009, 2010 2013 2017 Succeeded by Rafael Nadal Sebastian Vettel Roger Federer Preceded by Tyson Gay Best Track and Field Athlete ESPY Award 2009 Succeeded by Tyson Gay Preceded by Lorena Ochoa Lionel Messi Best International Athlete ESPY Award 2009 2013 Succeeded by Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Olympic Games Preceded by Veronica Campbell-Brown Flagbearer for Jamaica London 2012 Succeeded by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce vte Jamaican Sportsman of the Year 1961: Bunny Grant1962: George Kerr1963: Noel Douglas1964: Percy Hayles1965: Phillip Alexander1966: Jackie Hendriks1967: Octavius Morgan1968: Orville Haslam1969: Paul Nash1970–71: Don Quarrie1972: Lawrence Rowe1973: Maurice Foster1974: Lawrence Rowe1975–77: Don Quarrie1978: Mike McCallum1979–80: David Weller1981–83: Bert Cameron1984–87: Mike McCallum1988: Jeff Dujon1989–90: Mike McCallum1991: Patrick Patterson1992–93: Winthrop Graham1994: Jimmy Adams1995–96: James Beckford1997: Deon Burton1998–2000: Courtney Walsh2001: Christopher Williams2002: Michael Blackwood2003: James Beckford2004: Danny McFarlane2005–07: Asafa Powell2008–09: Usain Bolt2010: Chris Gayle2011–13: Usain Bolt2014: Nicholas Walters2015–16: Usain Bolt2017: Omar McLeod2018: Fedrick Dacres2019: Tajay Gayle vte  Olympic champions in men's 100 metres 1896:  Thomas Burke (USA) 1900:  Frank Jarvis (USA) 1904:  Archie Hahn (USA) 1908:  Reggie Walker (RSA) 1912:  Ralph Craig (USA) 1920:  Charley Paddock (USA) 1924:  Harold Abrahams (GBR) 1928:  Percy Williams (CAN) 1932:  Eddie Tolan (USA) 1936:  Jesse Owens (USA) 1948:  Harrison Dillard (USA) 1952:  Lindy Remigino (USA) 1956:  Bobby Morrow (USA) 1960:  Armin Hary (EUA) 1964:  Bob Hayes (USA) 1968:  Jim Hines (USA) 1972:  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1976:  Hasely Crawford (TRI) 1980:  Allan Wells (GBR) 1984:  Carl Lewis (USA) 1988:  Carl Lewis (USA) 1992:  Linford Christie (GBR) 1996:  Donovan Bailey (CAN) 2000:  Maurice Greene (USA) 2004:  Justin Gatlin (USA) 2008:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2012:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2016:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2020:  Marcell Jacobs (ITA) vte  Olympic champions in men's 200 metres 1900:  Walter Tewksbury (USA) 1904:  Archie Hahn (USA) 1908:  Robert Kerr (CAN) 1912:  Ralph Craig (USA) 1920:  Allen Woodring (USA) 1924:  Jackson Scholz (USA) 1928:  Percy Williams (CAN) 1932:  Eddie Tolan (USA) 1936:  Jesse Owens (USA) 1948:  Mel Patton (USA) 1952:  Andy Stanfield (USA) 1956:  Bobby Morrow (USA) 1960:  Livio Berruti (ITA) 1964:  Henry Carr (USA) 1968:  Tommie Smith (USA) 1972:  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1976:  Don Quarrie (JAM) 1980:  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 1984:  Carl Lewis (USA) 1988:  Joe DeLoach (USA) 1992:  Michael Marsh (USA) 1996:  Michael Johnson (USA) 2000:  Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 2004:  Shawn Crawford (USA) 2008:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2012:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2016:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2020:  Andre De Grasse (CAN) vte  Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1912:  David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, Willie Applegarth (GBR) 1920:  Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924:  Loren Murchison, Louis Clarke, Frank Hussey, Al LeConey (USA) 1928:  Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charley Borah, Henry Russell (USA) 1932:  Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff (USA) 1936:  Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff (USA) 1948:  Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton (USA) 1952:  Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino, Andy Stanfield (USA) 1956:  Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow (USA) 1960:  Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer (EUA) 1964:  Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins, Bob Hayes (USA) 1968:  Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines (USA) 1972:  Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart (USA) 1976:  Harvey Glance, Lam Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick (USA) 1980:  Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrey Prokofyev (URS) 1984:  Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA) 1988:  Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin (URS) 1992:  Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis, James Jett (USA) 1996:  Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN) 2000:  Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene, Tim Montgomery, Kenny Brokenburr (USA) 2004:  Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR) 2008:  Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Richard Thompson, Aaron Armstrong (TTO) 2012:  Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Bailey-Cole (JAM) 2016:  Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Jevaughn Minzie, Kemar Bailey-Cole (JAM) 2020:  Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu (ITA) vte World champions in men's 100 metres 1983: United States Carl Lewis (USA) 1987: United States Carl Lewis (USA) 1991: United States Carl Lewis (USA) 1993: United Kingdom Linford Christie (GBR) 1995: Canada Donovan Bailey (CAN) 1997: United States Maurice Greene (USA) 1999: United States Maurice Greene (USA) 2001: United States Maurice Greene (USA) 2003: Saint Kitts and Nevis Kim Collins (SKN) 2005: United States Justin Gatlin (USA) 2007: United States Tyson Gay (USA) 2009: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2011: Jamaica Yohan Blake (JAM) 2013: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2015: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2017: United States Justin Gatlin (USA) 2019: United States Christian Coleman (USA) 2022: United States Fred Kerley (USA) 2023: United States Noah Lyles (USA) vte World champions in men's 200 metres 1983: United States Calvin Smith (USA) 1987: United States Calvin Smith (USA) 1991: United States Michael Johnson (USA) 1993: Namibia Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 1995: United States Michael Johnson (USA) 1997: Trinidad and Tobago Ato Boldon (TRI) 1999: United States Maurice Greene (USA) 2001: Greece Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 2003: United States John Capel (USA) 2005: United States Justin Gatlin (USA) 2007: United States Tyson Gay (USA) 2009: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2011: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2013: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2015: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2017: Turkey Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 2019: United States Noah Lyles (USA) 2022: United States Noah Lyles (USA) 2023: United States Noah Lyles (USA) vte World champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1983: United States Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis (USA) 1987: United States Lee McRae, Lee Vernon McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis (USA) 1991: United States Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis (USA) 1993: United States Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell, Calvin Smith (USA) 1995: Canada Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin (CAN) 1997: Canada Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey, Carlton Chambers (CAN) 1999: United States Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene (USA) 2001: South Africa Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton, Matthew Quinn (RSA) 2003: United States John Capel, Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Joshua J. Johnson (USA) 2005: France Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy, Oudéré Kankarafou (FRA) 2007: United States Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon, Rodney Martin (USA) 2009: Jamaica Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Dwight Thomas, Lerone Clarke (JAM) 2011: Jamaica Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Dexter Lee (JAM) 2013: Jamaica Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Warren Weir, Oshane Bailey (JAM) 2015: Jamaica Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Rasheed Dwyer (JAM) 2017: United Kingdom CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR) 2019: United States Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles, Cravon Gillespie (USA) 2022: Canada Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse (CAN) 2023: United States Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles, J.T. Smith (USA) vte World U20 Champions in men's 200 metres 1986:  Stanley Kerr (USA) 1988:  Kevin Braunskill (USA) 1990:  Aleksandr Goremykin (URS) 1992:  Ato Boldon (TTO) 1994:  Tony Wheeler (USA) 1996:  Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 1998:  Christian Malcolm (GBR) 2000:  Paul Gorries (RSA) 2002:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2004:  Andrew Howe (ITA) 2006:  Marek Niit (EST) 2008:  Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 2010:  Shōta Iizuka (JPN) 2012:  Delano Williams (TCA) 2014:  Trentavis Friday (USA) 2016:  Michael Norman (USA) 2018:  Jona Efoloko (GBR) 2021:  Udodi Onwuzurike (NGR) 2022:  Blessing Afrifah (ISR) vte World Youth Champions in men's 200 metres 1999: Tim Benjamin (GBR)2001: Jonathan Wade (USA)2003: Usain Bolt (JAM)2005: Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (GBR)2007: Ramone McKenzie (JAM)2009: Kirani James (GRN)2011: Stephen Newbold (BHS)2013: Michael O'Hara (JAM)2015: Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (JPN)2017: Retshidisitswe Mlenga (RSA) vte Commonwealth Games champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1930–1966: 4×110 yards1966–present: 4×100 metres 1930: Canada1934: England1938: Canada1950: Australia1954: Canada1958: England1962: England1966: Ghana1970: Jamaica1974: Australia1978: Scotland1982: Nigeria1986: Canada1990: England1994: Canada1998: England2002: England2006: Jamaica2010: England2014: Jamaica2018: England2022: England 2014: Jamaica (Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt, Kimmari Roach, Julian Forte) vte  Diamond League champions in men's 100 metres 2010:  Tyson Gay (USA) 2011:  Asafa Powell (JAM) 2012:  Usain Bolt (JAM) 2013:  Justin Gatlin (USA) 2014:  Justin Gatlin (USA) 2015:  Justin Gatlin (USA) 2016:  Asafa Powell (JAM) 2017:  CJ Ujah (GBR) 2018:  Christian Coleman (USA) 2019:  Noah Lyles (USA) 2020: not awarded 2021:  Fred Kerley (USA) 2022:  Trayvon Bromell (USA) 2023:  Christian Coleman (USA) vte World Athlete of the Year (men) 1988: United States Carl Lewis (USA) 1989: United States Roger Kingdom (USA) 1990: United Kingdom Steve Backley (GBR) 1991: United States Carl Lewis (USA) 1992: United States Kevin Young (USA) 1993: United Kingdom Colin Jackson (GBR) 1994: Algeria Noureddine Morceli (ALG) 1995: United Kingdom Jonathan Edwards (GBR) 1996: United States Michael Johnson (USA) 1997: Denmark Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1998: Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 1999: United States Michael Johnson (USA) 2000: Czech Republic Jan Železný (CZE) 2001: Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2002: Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2003: Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2004: Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2005: Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2006: Jamaica Asafa Powell (JAM) 2007: United States Tyson Gay (USA) 2008: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2009: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2010: Kenya David Rudisha (KEN) 2011: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2012: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2013: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2014: France Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 2015: United States Ashton Eaton (USA) 2016: Jamaica Usain Bolt (JAM) 2017: Qatar Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2018: Kenya Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2019: Kenya Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 2020: Sweden Armand Duplantis (SWE) 2021: Norway Karsten Warholm (NOR) 2022: Sweden Armand Duplantis (SWE) vte Best International Athlete ESPY Award winners 2006: Pujols2007: Federer2008: Nadal2009: Bolt2010–2011: Award not given2012: Messi2013: Bolt2014: Ronaldo2015: Messi2016: Ronaldo2017: Bolt2018: Ronaldo2019: Messi2020: Award not given2021: Ronaldo2022: Mbappé vte Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year 2000: Tiger Woods2001: Tiger Woods2002: Michael Schumacher2003: Lance Armstrong2004: Michael Schumacher2005: Roger Federer2006: Roger Federer2007: Roger Federer2008: Roger Federer2009: Usain Bolt2010: Usain Bolt2011: Rafael Nadal2012: Novak Djokovic2013: Usain Bolt2014: Sebastian Vettel2015: Novak Djokovic2016: Novak Djokovic2017: Usain Bolt2018: Roger Federer2019: Novak Djokovic2020: Lewis Hamilton & Lionel Messi2021: Rafael Nadal2022: Max Verstappen2023: Lionel Messi vte BBC Sports Personality World Sport Star of the Year 1960: Herb Elliott1961: Valeriy Brumel1962: Donald Jackson1963: Jacques Anquetil1964: Abebe Bikila1965: Ron Clarke & Gary Player1966: Eusébio & Garfield Sobers1967: George Moore1968: Ludmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov1969: Rod Laver1970: Pelé1971: Lee Trevino1972: Olga Korbut1973: Muhammad Ali1974: Muhammad Ali1975: Arthur Ashe1976: Nadia Comăneci1977: Niki Lauda1978: Muhammad Ali1979: Björn Borg1980: Jack Nicklaus1981: Chris Evert1982: Jimmy Connors1983: Carl Lewis1984: Seve Ballesteros1985: Boris Becker1986: Greg Norman1987: Martina Navratilova1988: Steffi Graf1989: Mike Tyson1990: Mal Meninga1991: Mike Powell1992: Andre Agassi1993: Greg Norman1994: Brian Lara1995: Jonah Lomu1996: Evander Holyfield & Michael Johnson1997: Martina Hingis1998: Mark O'Meara1999: Maurice Greene2000: Tiger Woods2001: Goran Ivanišević2002: Ronaldo2003: Lance Armstrong2004: Roger Federer2005: Shane Warne2006: Roger Federer2007: Roger Federer2008: Usain Bolt2009: Usain Bolt2010: Rafael Nadal2011: Novak Djokovic2012: Usain Bolt2013: Sebastian Vettel2014: Cristiano Ronaldo2015: Dan Carter2016: Simone Biles2017: Roger Federer2018: Francesco Molinari2019: Eliud Kipchoge2020: Khabib Nurmagomedov2021: Rachael Blackmore2022: Lionel Messi vte BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award 1996: Frank Bruno1997: Seve Ballesteros1998: No award1999: No award2000: No award2001: Alex Ferguson2002: George Best2003: Martina Navratilova2004: Ian Botham2005: Pelé2006: Björn Borg2007: Bobby Robson2008: Bobby Charlton2009: Seve Ballesteros2010: David Beckham2011: Steve Redgrave2012: Sebastian Coe2013: No award2014: Chris Hoy2015: Tony McCoy2016: Michael Phelps2017: Jessica Ennis-Hill2018: Billie Jean King2019: Tanni Grey-Thompson2020: No award2021: Simone Biles2022: Usain Bolt vte L'Équipe Champion of Champions Original award 1980: Eric Heiden1981: Sebastian Coe1982: Paolo Rossi1983: Carl Lewis1984: Carl Lewis1985: Sergey Bubka1986: Diego Maradona1987: Ben Johnson1988: Florence Griffith Joyner1989: Greg LeMond1990: Ayrton Senna1991: Carl Lewis1992: Michael Jordan1993: Noureddine Morceli1994: Romário1995: Jonathan Edwards1996: Michael Johnson1997: Sergey Bubka1998: Zinedine Zidane1999: Andre Agassi2000: Tiger Woods2001: Michael Schumacher2002: Michael Schumacher2003: Michael Schumacher2004: Hicham El Guerrouj2005: Roger Federer2006: Roger Federer2007: Roger Federer2008: Usain Bolt2009: Usain Bolt2010: Rafael Nadal2011: Lionel Messi Male and female awards separated Male award 2012: Usain Bolt2013: Rafael Nadal2014: Renaud Lavillenie2015: Usain Bolt2016: Usain Bolt2017: Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal2018: Marcel Hirscher2019: Rafael Nadal2020: Lewis Hamilton2021: Novak Djokovic2022: Lionel Messi Female award 2012: Serena Williams2013: Serena Williams2014: Katie Ledecky2015: Serena Williams2016: Simone Biles2017: Katie Ledecky2018: Simone Biles2019: Simone Biles2020: Marte Olsbu Røiseland2021: Elaine Thompson-Herah2022: Iga Świątek Portals:  Biography  Athletics  Olympics 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For the Summer Paralympics, see 2024 Summer Paralympics. For the Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, see 2024 Winter Youth Olympics. Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Emblem of the 2024 Summer Olympics Host city Paris, France Motto Games wide open (French: Ouvrons grand les Jeux)[1][2] Athletes 10,500 (quota limit)[3] Events 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines) Opening 26 July 2024 Closing 11 August 2024 Stadium Champ de Mars, Jardins du Trocadéro and the Seine (Opening ceremony) Stade de France (Closing ceremony)[4] Summer ← Tokyo 2020Los Angeles 2028 → Winter ← Beijing 2022Milano-Cortina 2026 → 2024 Summer Paralympics Olympic rings Part of a series on 2024 Summer Olympics Bid process (bid details) Development (venues, torch relay) Marketing (mascots) Broadcasters Opening ceremony (flag bearers) Chronological summary Medal table (medallists) Controversies World and Olympic records Closing ceremony (flag bearers) Paralympics IOCCNOSFPOCOG vte The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade) and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with Paris as the main host city and 16 other cities spread across metropolitan France, plus one subsite in Tahiti—an island within the French overseas country and overseas collectivity of French Polynesia.[5] Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics to the two cities. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris will become the second city, after London (who were the hosts in 1908 and 1948 and 2012), to host the Summer Olympics three times. Paris 2024 will mark the centenary of Paris 1924, and these Olympic Games will be the sixth hosted by France (three in summer and three in winter), and the first French Olympics since the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Following Paris 2024, the Summer Games will return to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, as the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Paris 2024 will feature the debut of breaking (also known as breakdancing)[6] as an Olympic event, and it will be the final Olympic Games held during the presidency of IOC President Thomas Bach.[7] The Games will be the first to feature identical number of athletes between men and women. The question regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes has been debated in the lead-up to the event. The Paris Olympics are expected to cost €8.3 billion.[8] Bidding process Further information: Bids for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics The five candidate cities were Paris, Hamburg, Budapest, Rome, and Los Angeles. The bidding process was slowed by withdrawals, political uncertainty and deterring costs.[9] Hamburg withdrew its bid on 29 November 2015 after holding a referendum.[10] Rome withdrew on 21 September 2016, citing fiscal difficulties.[11] Budapest withdrew on 22 February 2017, after a petition against the bid collected more signatures than necessary for a referendum.[12][13][14] Following these withdrawals, the IOC Executive Board met on 9 June 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the 2024 and 2028 bid processes.[15][16] The International Olympic Committee formally proposed electing the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time in 2017, a proposal which an Extraordinary IOC Session approved on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne.[16] The IOC set up a process whereby the LA 2024 and Paris 2024 bid committees met with the IOC to discuss which city would host the Games in 2024 and 2028, and whether it was possible to select the host cities for both at the same time.[17] Following the decision to award the two Games simultaneously, Paris was understood to be the preferred host for 2024. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for 2028,[18][19] enabling Paris to be confirmed as host for 2024. Both decisions were ratified at the 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017.[20] Host city election Paris was elected as the host city on 13 September 2017 at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru. The two French IOC members, Guy Drut and Tony Estanguet, were ineligible to vote under the rules of the Olympic Charter. 2024 Summer Olympics bidding results City Nation Votes Paris France Unanimous Development and preparations Venues 2024 Summer Olympics is located in Paris and inner ringArena Paris Nord and Villepinte PMC Range Arena Paris Nord and Villepinte PMC Range Parc des Princes Stade Roland Garros Parc des Princes Stade Roland Garros Bercy Arena Bercy Arena Champ de Mars Champ de Mars Paris expo Porte de Versailles Dôme de Paris Paris expo Porte de Versailles Dôme de Paris Paris Aquatic Centre Paris Aquatic Centre Le Bourget Media Village and Urban Sports Park Le Bourget Media Village and Urban Sports Park Concorde Concorde Grand Palais Grand Palais Les Invalides Les Invalides Stade de France Stade de France Porte de La Chapelle Arena Porte de La Chapelle Arena Paris La Défense Arena Paris La Défense Arena Stade Yves-du-Manoir Stade Yves-du-Manoir Francois Mitterrand Urban Sports Park Francois Mitterrand Urban Sports Park Location of the facilities in the Paris area Most of the Olympic events will be held in the city of Paris and its metropolitan region, including the neighbouring cities of Saint-Denis, Le Bourget, Nanterre, Versailles, and Vaires-sur-Marne. The handball tournaments will be held in Lille, which is 225 km from the host city; the sailing and some football games will be held in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, which is 777 km from the host city; meanwhile, the surfing events are expected to be held in Teahupo'o village in the overseas territory of French Polynesia, which is 15,716 km from the host city. Football will also be hosted in another five cities, which are Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu, Nantes, Nice and Saint-Étienne, some of which are home to Ligue 1 clubs. Grand Paris zone Stade de France with uncovered athletics track during the 2003 World Championships Centre Aquatique during construction (2023) Venue Events Capacity Status Yves du Manoir Stadium Field hockey 15,000 Renovated Stade de France Rugby Sevens 77,083 Existing Athletics (track and field) Closing Ceremony Paris La Défense Arena[a] Aquatics (swimming, water polo finals) 15,220 Porte de La Chapelle Arena Badminton 8,000 Additional Gymnastics (rhythmic) Paris Aquatic Centre[21][22] Aquatics (water polo preliminaries and playoffs, diving, artistic swimming) 5,000 Le Bourget Climbing Venue Sport climbing 5,000 Temporary Arena Paris Nord Boxing (preliminaries, quarterfinals) 6,000 Existing Modern pentathlon (fencing rounds) Notes  The local organising committee uses the non-sponsored name Arena 92, which was the venue's name during its initial planning phase. By the time it opened in 2017, the name had changed to U Arena (also non-sponsored) and then to the current Paris-La Défense Arena in 2018 through a sponsorship deal. Paris Centre zone Champ de Mars Grand Palais Les Invalides Stade Roland Garros Venue Events Capacity Status Parc des Princes Football (preliminaries and finals) 48,583 Existing Roland Garros Stadium Tennis 34,000 Boxing (finals) Philippe Chatrier Court (with retractable roof) Boxing 15,000 Tennis Court Suzanne Lenglen (with retractable roof)[23] Tennis 10,000 Court Simonne Mathieu and secondary courts 9,000 (5,000+2,000+8x250) Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Volleyball 12,000 Table Tennis 6,000 Handball (preliminaries) 6,000 Weightlifting Bercy Arena Gymnastics (artistic and trampoline) 15,000 Basketball (finals) Grand Palais Fencing 8,000 Taekwondo Place de la Concorde Basketball (3x3) 30,000 Temporary Breakdancing Cycling (BMX freestyle) Skateboarding Pont d'Iéna Aquatics (marathon swimming) 13,000 (3,000 sitting) Athletics (marathon, race walk) Cycling (road, time trial) Triathlon Eiffel Tower Stadium Beach Volleyball 12,000 Grand Palais Éphémère Judo 8,000 Wrestling Les Invalides Archery 8,000 Versailles zone Le Golf National Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Château de Versailles Vaires-Torcy Nautical Centre Venue Events Capacity Status Gardens of the Palace of Versailles Equestrian 80,000 (22,000 + 58,000) Temporary Modern pentathlon (excluding fencing rounds) Le Golf National Golf 35,000 Existing Élancourt Hill Cycling (Mountain biking) 25,000 Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Cycling (track) 5,000 Cycling (BMX racing) 5,000 Outlying venues Parc Olympique Lyonnais Marseille Venue Events Capacity Status Pierre Mauroy Stadium (Lille) Basketball (preliminaries) 26,000 Existing Handball (finals) National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France (Vaires-sur-Marne) Rowing 22,000 Canoe-Kayak (sprint) Canoe-Kayak (slalom) Stade Vélodrome (Marseille) Football (6 preliminaries, women's quarter-final and one men's semi-final) 67,394 Parc Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) Football (6 preliminaries, men's quarter-final and one women's semi-final) 59,186 Stade Matmut Atlantique (Bordeaux) Football (6 preliminaries, women's quarter-final, men's bronze medal match) 42,115 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard (Saint-Étienne) Football (6 preliminaries, men's quarter-final, women's bronze medal match) 41,965 Allianz Riviera (Nice) Football (6 preliminaries, quarterfinals) 35,624 Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes) Football (6 preliminaries, quarterfinals) 35,322 Old Port of Marseille (Marseille) Sailing 5,000 Taiarapu-Ouest (Tahiti) Surfing 5,000 National Shooting Centre (Châteauroux) Shooting 3,000 Non-competitive Venue Events Capacity Status Champs de Mars, Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine Opening Ceremony 30,000 600,000 Temporary L'Île-Saint-Denis Olympic Village 17,000 Additional l'Aire des vents, Dugny Media Village – Temporary Le Bourget Exhibition Center IBC 15,000 Existing Palais des congrès de Paris MPC – Ceremonies A viewing party for the 2020 Summer Olympics at Place du Trocadéro, which will host the official protocol for 2024. In July 2021, Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet stated that the COJOP2024 was conducting a feasibility study on hosting the opening and closing ceremonies outside of a traditional stadium setting, so that they could "marry the best of Paris–the iconic sites–to the possibility of engaging with hundreds of thousands of people, maybe more."[24] This concept of an "open Games" was exemplified in the Paris 2024 handover presentation during the Tokyo 2020 closing ceremony,[24] which featured a live segment from a viewing party at Place du Trocadéro.[25] Estanguet expected the sites for the ceremonies to be announced by the end of the year.[24] On 13 December 2021, it was announced that the opening ceremony will feature athletes being transported by boat from Pont d'Austerlitz to Pont d'Iéna along the Seine river. The 6 km (3.7 miles) route will pass landmarks such as the Louvre, Notre-Dame de Paris, and Place de la Concorde, and feature cultural presentations. The official protocol will take place at a 30,000 seat "mini-stadium" at the Trocadéro. Organisers stated that the ceremony would be the most "spectacular and accessible opening ceremony in Olympic history", with Estanguet stating that it would be free to attend, and estimating that it could attract as many as 600,000 spectators.[26][27][28] On 23 September 2022, it was announced that the closing ceremonies would be conducted the traditional way, as they will take place at Stade de France.[29] The Games Sports In accordance with the current rules of the International Olympic Committee, which have been in force since 2017, the programme of the Summer Olympics consists of 28 mandatory "core" sports that persist between Games, with up to six optional sports that can be added for each edition of the Games. The optional sports are selected by the relevant Organising Committee and included in a list that must be sent to the International Olympic Committee not less than five years before each edition, in order to improve local interest,[30][31] provided that the total number of participants does not exceed 10,500 athletes.[32] During the 131st IOC Session in September 2017, the IOC approved the 28 sports of the 2016 programme for Paris 2024, while also inviting the Paris Organising Committee to submit up to five additional sports for consideration.[33][34] When Paris was bidding for the Games in August 2017, the Paris Organising Committee announced that it would hold talks with the IOC and professional esports organisations about the possibility of introducing competitive events in 2024.[35][36] In July 2018, the IOC confirmed that it would not consider esports for the 2024 Olympics.[37] On 21 February 2019, the Paris Organising Committee proposed the inclusion of breakdancing (breaking), as well as skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing—three sports that debuted at the then-upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics—as optional sports.[38][39][37] All four additional sports were approved during the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 June 2019.[39][37][40] Scheduled to feature 32 sports encompassing 329 events, Paris 2024 will be the first Summer Olympics since 1960 to have fewer events than the previous edition. In the table below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. The disciplines of karate and baseball/softball have both been dropped from the programme since 2020 (with the loss of 10 events in total), while four events have been lost from the weightlifting discipline. In canoeing, two sprint events have been replaced with two slalom events, keeping the overall total at 16. Introduced as a new discipline, breaking has added two events to the programme; and in sport climbing, the previous "combined" event has been disaggregated to create the two separate events of "speed climbing" and "boulder-and-lead" for each gender.[41] In February 2023, USA Boxing announced its decision to boycott the 2023 World Championships (organized by the International Boxing Association) where Russian and Belarusian athletes would compete with no restrictions, also accusing the IBA of attempting to sabotage IOC-approved qualification pathway for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Ireland, Czechia, Sweden and Canada later joined the U.S.[42] 2024 Summer Olympic Sports programme Aquatics  Artistic swimming (2)  Diving (8)  Marathon swimming (2)  Swimming (35)  Water polo (2)  Archery (5)  Athletics (48)  Badminton (5)  Basketball Basketball (2) 3×3 basketball (2)  Boxing (13)  Breaking (2)  Canoeing Slalom (6) Sprint (10)  Cycling BMX freestyle (2) BMX racing (2) Mountain biking (2) Road (4) Track (12)  Equestrian Dressage (2) Eventing (2) Jumping (2)  Fencing (12)  Field hockey (2)  Football (2)  Golf (2)  Gymnastics Artistic (14) Rhythmic (2) Trampoline (2)  Handball (2)  Judo (15)  Modern pentathlon (2)  Rowing (14)  Rugby sevens (2)  Sailing (10)  Shooting (15)  Skateboarding (4)  Sport climbing (4)  Surfing (2)  Table tennis (5)  Taekwondo (8)  Tennis (5)  Triathlon (3)  Volleyball Volleyball (2) Beach volleyball (2)  Weightlifting (10)  Wrestling Freestyle (12) Greco-Roman (6) Participating National Olympic Committees The following is a list of National Olympic Committees who have qualified at least one athlete for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Participating National Olympic Committees  Albania (2)  Algeria (17)  Andorra (1)  Angola (18)  Antigua and Barbuda (1)  Argentina (74)  Armenia (7)  Aruba (3)  Australia (305)  Austria (34)  Azerbaijan (9)  Bahamas (3)  Bahrain (8)  Barbados (1)  Belgium (74)  Bermuda (1)  Bolivia (1)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)  Botswana (4)  Brazil (147)  British Virgin Islands (1)  Bulgaria (18)  Burkina Faso (3)  Cameroon (1)  Canada (139)  Cayman Islands (2)  Chad (2)  Chile (12)  China (249)  Chinese Taipei (19)  Colombia (38)  Costa Rica (3)  Croatia (21)  Cuba (21)  Cyprus (3)  Czech Republic (35)  Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)  Denmark (58)  Djibouti (1)  Dominica (1)  Dominican Republic (35)  Ecuador (16)  Egypt (76)  Eritrea (6)  Estonia (7)  Ethiopia (27)  Fiji (26)  Finland (17)  France (434) (host)  The Gambia (1)  Georgia (4)  Germany (212)  Great Britain (234)  Greece (44)  Grenada (2)  Guatemala (8)[A]  Hong Kong (7)  Hungary (63)  Iceland (1)  India (51)  Individual Neutral Athletes (12)  Indonesia (6)  Iran (14)  Ireland (87)  Israel (46)  Italy (110)  Ivory Coast (5)  Jamaica (38)  Japan (199)  Jordan (3)  Kazakhstan (18)  Kenya (63)  Kuwait (1)  Kyrgyzstan (5)  Latvia (5)  Lebanon (1)  Liberia (1)  Libya (1)  Lithuania (22)  Luxembourg (5)  Malaysia (5)  Mali (18)  Mauritius (5)  Mexico (54)  Moldova (7)  Mongolia (9)  Morocco (40)  Mozambique (2)  Namibia (1)  Netherlands (143)  New Zealand (130)  Nigeria (11)  North Korea (2)  Norway (54)  Pakistan (4)  Palestine (1)  Panama (4)  Peru (11)  Philippines (4)  Poland (85)  Portugal (29)  Puerto Rico (4)  Qatar (5)  Romania (61)  Rwanda (3)  Saint Lucia (2)  Samoa (14)  San Marino (1)  Saudi Arabia (3)  Senegal (2)  Serbia (51)  Singapore (6)  Slovakia (13)  Slovenia (18)  South Africa (112)  South Korea (59)  South Sudan (12)  Spain (177)  Suriname (2)  Sweden (44)  Switzerland (57)  Syria (1)  Tajikistan (2)  Tanzania (4)  Thailand (17)  Togo (1)  Trinidad and Tobago (2)  Tunisia (11)  Turkey (49)  Uganda (14)  Ukraine (64)  United Arab Emirates (4)  United States (415)  Uruguay (16)  Uzbekistan (16)  Venezuela (7)  Vietnam (4)  Zambia (1)  Zimbabwe (2) Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees As of 25 January 2024 Ranking NOC Athletes Calendar The following schedule is correct as of the latest schedule released in January 2023. The exact schedule may change in due time.[43] All times and dates use Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony July/August 2024 July August Events 24th Wed 25th Thu 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th Sun 29th Mon 30th Tue 31st Wed 1st Thu 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th Sun 5th Mon 6th Tue 7th Wed 8th Thu 9th Fri 10th Sat 11th Sun  Ceremonies OC CC — Aquatics Artistic swimming ● ● 1 ● 1 2  Diving 1 1 1 1 ● 1 ● 1 1 1 8  Marathon swimming 1 1 2  Swimming 4 3 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 35  Water polo ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 12  Archery ● 1 1 ● ● ● 1 1 1 5  Athletics 2 1 5 3 4 5 5 5 8 9 1 48  Badminton ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 1 2 5 Basketball Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2  3×3 Basketball ● ● ● ● ● ● 2 2  Boxing ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 2 2 4 4 13  Breaking 1 1 2 Canoeing Slalom ● 1 1 ● 1 1 ● ● 2 6  Sprint ● ● 4 3 3 10 Cycling Road cycling 2 1 1 4  Track cycling 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 12  BMX ● 2 ● 2 4  Mountain biking 1 1 2 Equestrian  Dressage ● ● 1 1 2  Eventing ● ● 2 2  Jumping ● 1 ● 1 2  Fencing 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 12  Field hockey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2  Football ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2  Golf ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● 1 2 Gymnastics Artistic ● ● 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 10  Rhythmic ● 1 1 2  Trampoline 2 2  Handball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2  Judo 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 15  Modern pentathlon ● ● 1 1 2  Rowing ● ● ● ● 2 4 4 4 14  Rugby sevens ● ● 1 ● ● 1 2  Sailing ● ● ● ● 2 2 ● ● ● 2 2 2 10  Shooting 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 15  Skateboarding 1 1 1 1 4  Sport climbing ● ● 1 1 1 1 4  Surfing ● ● ● 2 2  Table tennis ● ● ● 1 ● ● ● 1 1 ● ● ● ● 1 1 5  Taekwondo 2 2 2 2 8  Tennis ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 2 2 5  Triathlon 1 1 1 3 Volleyball Beach volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2  Volleyball ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 1 1 2  Weightlifting 2 2 2 3 1 10  Wrestling ● 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 Daily medal events N/A 14 13 18 14 17 19 22 28 20 16 17 21 26 32 39 13 329 Cumulative total N/A 14 27 45 59 76 95 117 145 165 181 198 219 245 277 316 329 July/August 2024 24th Wed 25th Thu 26th Fri 27th Sat 28th Sun 29th Mon 30th Tue 31st Wed 1st Thu 2nd Fri 3rd Sat 4th Sun 5th Mon 6th Tue 7th Wed 8th Thu 9th Fri 10th Sat 11th Sun Total events July August Marketing Emblem The Olympic Phryge (left), the official mascot of the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the Paralympic Phryge (right), the official mascot of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Note that the lighter variant of the French flag is being used. The emblem for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled on 21 October 2019 at the Grand Rex. Inspired by Art Deco,[44][45] it is a representation of Marianne, the national personification of France, with a flame formed in negative space by her hair. The emblem also resembles a gold medal. Tony Estanguet explained that the emblem symbolised "the power and the magic of the Games", and the Games being "for people". The use of a female figure also serves as an homage to the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, which were the first to allow women to participate.[46] The emblem was designed by the French designer Sylvain Boyer[47] with the French design agencies Ecobranding & Royalties.[48][49][47] The emblem for Paris 2024 was considered the biggest new logo release of 2019 by many design magazines.[50][51] An Opinion Way survey shows that 83 per cent of French people say they like the new Paris 2024 Games emblem. Approval ratings were high, with 82 per cent of those surveyed finding it aesthetically appealing and 78 per cent finding it to be creative.[52] It was met with some mockery on social media, one user commenting that the logo "would be better suited to a dating site or a hair salon".[46] For the first time, the 2024 Summer Paralympics is sharing the same emblem as its corresponding Olympics, with no difference, reflecting a shared "ambition" between both events.[53] Mascots On 14 November 2022, The Phryges were unveiled as the mascots of the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics; they are a pair of anthropomorphic Phrygian caps, a historic French symbol of freedom and liberty.[54][55] Marianne is commonly depicted wearing the Phrygian cap, including in the Eugène Delacroix painting, Liberty Leading the People.[56][57] The two mascots share a motto of "Alone we go faster, but together we go further".[58] Corporate sponsorship Sponsors of the 2024 Summer Olympics [59] Worldwide Olympic Partners AB InBev (Corona Cero)[60] Airbnb Alibaba Group Allianz Atos Bridgestone Coca-Cola-Mengniu Dairy Deloitte Intel Omega SA Panasonic Procter & Gamble Samsung Electronics Toyota Visa Inc. Premium Partners Accor Carrefour Électricité de France[61] Groupe BPCE LVMH Orange S.A.[62] Sanofi[63] Official Partners Air France–KLM (Air France) ArcelorMittal CDC Cisco[64] CMA CGM Danone Decathlon[65] Française des Jeux GL events Groupe ADP Île-de-France Mobilités Le Coq Sportif PwC International Official Suppliers and Supporters ABEO Airweave Air Liquide Arena Group Bouygues Carlsberg Group (Tourtel Twist) DXC Technology Egis Group Enedis ES Global Fitness Park Fnac Darty Gerflor Highfield Boats La Poste Loxam Lyreco MTD Myrtha Pools Mondo Nestlé (Garden Gourmet) OnePlan Optic 2000 Randstad RATP Group Re-uz RGS Events Rigby SCC Saint-Gobain Salesforce SLX SNCF Sodexo Syndicat des Eaux d’Île-de-France Technogym Thermo Fisher Scientific URW (Westfield) Vinci SA Viparis Broadcasting rights Main article: List of 2024 Summer Olympics broadcasters In France, domestic rights to the 2024 Summer Olympics are owned by Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly Discovery Inc.) via Eurosport, with free-to-air coverage sub-licensed to the country's public broadcaster France Télévisions.[66] Concerns and controversies Exploitation of workers' rights French newspaper Libération reported that workers were being paid around €80 ($86.7) per day without any official declaration, social security, or resting day. Some workers expressed anger and dissatisfaction as they never receive the salary guaranteed on the contract, while some said that there are no proper safety materials for them when doing high risk jobs.[67] Security concerns A news report in The Times cited an analysis by Dragonfly, a security and geopolitical firm, by which the level of terror threats for the Paris 2024 Games remains "severe", including the potential use of bombing drone attacks. It was reported that the British Olympic Association will provide an app to athletes and staff, so they can have access to instant help and the ability to share their location with security staff.[68] The main airports in Paris will be closed on July 26 during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games for security reasons. Security perimeters will be set up around the event venues, strictly restricting the movement of cars, including taxis.[69] Disruption to resident Parisians Many resident Parisians expressed their concern that the games would disrupt their day-to-day lives. Polls showed that half of residents were planning to leave the city, and three-quarters were worried about transport and security at the games. However, the Head of the Paris Olympics Organising Committee, Tony Estranguet, stated that the "magical" Olympics would be worth the disruption.[70] Participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes See also: Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics The potential participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes has remained controversial amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from participating in international tournaments, citing the violation of the Olympic Truce.[71] In January 2023, the IOC announced plans to introduce Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals. In response, Poland's sport and tourism minister stated that up to 40 countries would consider boycotting the 2024 Olympics if the Russians and Belarusians are not excluded.[72][73] On 3 February 2023, the National Olympic and Paralympic Committees of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) issued a joint statement opposing the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[74][75] Countries which have threatened a boycott include Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.[76][77] Among the other countries where there is speculation about a boycott include the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.[78] On 1 February 2023, the United Nations released a report, commending the IOC for considering reinstating Russian and Belarusian athletes, and urged the organization to go further and make sure that "no athlete should be required to take sides in the conflict", urging the IOC to "take more steps to align its recommendations with international human rights standards on non-discrimination." The UN also stated that the IOC should "[ensure] the non-discrimination of any athlete on the basis of their nationality. The report summarized that "[the condition to condemn Russia's invasion] opens the door to pressure and interpretation. The same rules must apply to all athletes, whatever their nationality. This includes the rule that any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited".[79] The UN Special Rapporteur Alexandra Xanthaki was accused of using Soviet propaganda tactics, namely whataboutism, while advocating for the full reinstatement of Russian and Belarusian athletes; when pressed on the matter of close links between athletes and state agencies in these countries, she referenced wars in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Israel, questioning the lack of similar discourse surrounding those conflicts. She also stated that all nation states of the Global South support Russia's return.[80][81] On 26 January 2023, The Olympic Council of Asia invited Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, under a neutral flag and without possibility to win medals and win Asian quota places on Olympic Games.[82] Russian Deputy Sport Minister Alexey Morozov claimed that similar statement was made by "African Countries".[83] On 2 February 2023, the United States welcomed the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes, but only under a neutral designation with strict criteria.[84] On 3 February, Czech Republic confirmed it will not join a potential boycott.[85] On 8 February, Greece spoke out against boycotts of any kind, as well as the politicization of the Olympics, affirming their participation in the Games.[86] In March 2023, Australia and Germany indicated they would welcome Russia, although Germany noted it is not something they like.[87][88] In February 2023, the IOC confirmed that it has not entered official discussions as to whether Russian and Belarusian athletes could compete, but the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, has stated that it should not be up to national governments to decide who gets to participate in international sporting tournaments, indicating that he was also against the banning of athletes from Russia and Belarus.[89] On 22 March 2023, Bach further reiterated his support for reinstating Russian and Belarusian athletes, expressing opposition to political influence on sports and "any suggestion that Russians should be treated as if they have collective guilt".[90] The IOC published a statement stating that it supported the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes, as long as they did not "actively" support the war and as long as their flag, anthem, colours, and organizations were excluded (thus preventing them from competing under the Russian Olympic Committee as in Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022). The IOC additionally stated that they "appreciated" the Olympic Council of Asia giving Russian/Belarusian athletes access to Asian competitions, and compared the situation to the Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[91] The IOC stated that "the IOC's exploration enjoys the overwhelming support of the International Federations, their umbrella body (the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF)), the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including all the five Continental Associations (Association of NOCs of Africa, European Olympic Committees, Olympic Council of Asia, Oceania National Olympic Committees and Panam Sports) plus the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), representing all 206 National Olympic Committees."[91] The UN and IOC statements provoked an angry reaction from Ukrainian officials, who accused them of appeasing Russia.[92] On 4 March 2023, the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa announced their support for the IOC's decision to reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals, as well as the countries' participation in the Olympics.[93] On 10 March 2023, the International Fencing Federation (FIE) became the first Olympic governing body to officially reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials, in time for the start of the qualification for the 2024 Games.[94] Protesting this decision, Denmark,[95] France,[96] Germany,[97] and Poland[98] cancelled upcoming World Cup fencing events to prevent Russians and Belarusians from participating. In April 2023, it was revealed that the European Fencing Confederation had sent a critical letter to the FIE, outlining their opposition to the FIE's plans to strip the countries, that had indicated they would not grant visas to Russians and Belarusians, from hosting rights and impose sanctions on them.[99] As of May 2023, after the International Canoe Federation (ICF) reinstated Russian and Belarusian athletes, the number of summer sport international federations to do so had risen to 10.[100] In July 2023, the IOC stated that while Russia and Belarus would not be formally invited, their athletes would be allowed to compete as neutrals in a similar manner to Wimbledon after it reversed its ban of Russians and Belarusians that year.[101] This was confirmed by the IOC in December 2023, with Russian and Belarusian athletes allowed to compete as neutrals without anthems or flags for the upcoming Games.[102] Participation of Israeli athletes The IOC warned Arab and pro-Palestinian athletes that they would be banned from participating if they refuse to compete with Israeli athletes,[103] recalling the case of Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine, who was suspended for 10 years by the International Judo Federation for refusing to fight an Israeli athlete during the 2020 Summer Olympics.[104] The IOC spokesman said that "The IOC is committed to the concept of individual responsibility and athletes cannot be held responsible for the actions of their governments," adding that the IOC will "ensure that swift action is taken, as during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020."[105] In November 2023, Russia accused the IOC of having double standards and not sanctioning Israel due to its actions in Gaza, as Palestine is also an IOC member. The IOC later responded by saying that Israel's war against Hamas was unique compared to Russia's war against Ukraine since the latter occurred during the Olympic Truce, and that it would take swift action if any discrimination against Israeli athletes occurred.[106][107] In an interview with L'Équipe on 21 December 2023, the Olympic Committee of Israel president, Yael Arad assured that Israeli athletes would "100 per cent" be present, and that measures for the athletes would be put in place to ensure their safety. [108] Disqualification and reinstatement of Ukrainian fencer In July 2020 (and reconfirmed in September 2020, January 2021 and September 2021) by public written notice, the FIE had replaced its previous handshake requirement with a "salute" by the opposing fencers, and written in its public notice that handshakes were "suspended until further notice."[109][110][111][112] Nevertheless, in July 2023 Ukrainian four-time world fencing individual sabre champion Olga Kharlan was disqualified at the World Fencing Championships by the FIE for not shaking the hand of her defeated Russian opponent, though Kharlan instead offered a tapping of blades in acknowledgement.[113][114] The next day, the IOC president Thomas Bach sent a letter to Kharlan, where he expressed empathy for her and that in light of the situation, she was being guaranteed a spot in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[115][116][117] He wrote further: "as a fellow fencer, it is impossible for me to imagine how you feel at this moment. The war against your country, the suffering of the people in Ukraine, the uncertainty around your participation at the Fencing World Championships ... and then the events which unfolded yesterday - all this is a roller coaster of emotions and feelings. It is admirable how you are managing this incredibly difficult situation, and I would like to express my full support to you. Rest assured that the IOC will continue to stand in full solidarity with the Ukrainian athletes and the Olympic community of Ukraine."[118][119][120] Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters raided French financial prosecutors raided Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters on 18 October 2023 and also targeted event management firms. The raids were part of an investigation opened into suspicion of "illegal taking of interest, favoritism and concealment" involved in the awarding of various contracts.[121] Azerbaijani "smear" campaign A report from France's external digital interference fighting body uncovered that several Azerbaijani websites and fake social media profiles attempted a disinformation campaign, downplaying the French's ability to organize the games and threatening a boycott.[122] Judging tower for surfing in Tahiti Organizers plan to host the surfing competitions in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, where they plan to build a 9-ton aluminium tower for the judges. Harsh criticism was drawn from locals and surfers, saying that it threatened damage to the coral reef and that the currently existing wooden tower could be used. A barge struck the reef and damaged it earlier in 2023, which caused construction to be paused. 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ParisScheduled multi-sport eventsSummer Olympics by yearJuly 2024 sports events in FranceAugust 2024 sports events in France he debate over the greatest athlete of all time is subjective and impossible to definitively answer, but it's still fun for fans to discuss.  The website thetoptens.com provides an interactive list where fans can vote on the greatest athletes of all time, taking into account attributes like speed, endurance, and coordination.  According to fan opinions on the website, the top 10 greatest athletes of all time include Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Pele, and Michael Phelps, among others. Muhammad Ali, Usain Bolt, Serena Williams, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tiger Woods are just some of the names in the conversation about the greatest athlete of all time. With so many disciplines and eras to weigh up, the question of sport's overall GOAT will always prove an impossible one, but that doesn't make it any less fun for fans to discuss. Now, as much as we could try to nail our colours to the mast by naming our pick for the athlete to end all athletes, no doubt you'll agree that this is a matter best decided upon by the supporters. After all, collating together fan opinions is perhaps the fairest way for the complications of different sports and time periods to be traversed and diluted down into one big expression of people's views. And that's where the thetoptens.com comes in because their interactive list on the "Greatest Athletes of All Time," is arguably the perfect way for fans to settle the GOAT debate once and for all. Physical excellence Setting out the premise, the vote's description clarifies: "For the purpose of this list, athletic greatness is defined as possessing a variety of attributes that contribute to athletic prowess. These include speed, quickness, endurance, power and hand-eye coordination. That is why this list does not include specialized athletes such as marathon runners or bicyclists. "While it is clear that Lance Armstrong is a master in his field, he has not proven that he could compete in other sports where more is required than pumping his thighs for hours on end." With sports lovers able to up-vote and down-vote contenders depending on their opinions, the resulting list that spans way beyond the website's titular top 10 makes for fascinating reading. As such, don't let us hold you up any longer because the list truly is something to behold, so be sure to check out the top 50 athletes in history down below according to the fans themselves: Position Athlete Sport Achievements 50 Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Wrestling WWE Champion (x8), WCW Champion (x2), Intercontinental Champion (x2), Tag Team Champion (x5), Royal Rumble Winner 49 Chris Hoy Cycling Olympics Gold Medal (x6), Commonwealth Games Gold Medal (x2), World Title (x11) 48 Serguei Bubka Athletics Olympic Gold Medal, World Championships Gold Medal (x6), World Indoor Championships Gold Medal (x4), European Championships Gold Medal, European Indoor Championships Gold Medal, Goodwill Games Gold Medal 47 Johan Cruyff Football Eredivisie (x9), La Liga, European Cup (x3), Ballon d'Or (x3) 46 Drew Brees American Football Super Bowl, Super Bowl MVP, NFL Offensive Player of the Year (x2), Pro Bowl (x13) 45 Mike Tyson Boxing WBC Heavyweight Champion (x2), WBA Heavyweight Champion (x2), IBF World Heavyweight Champion, Boxing Hall of Fame 44 Simone Biles Gymnastics Olympic Gold Medal (x4), World Championships Gold Medal (x23), Pacific Rim Championships Gold Medal (x2) 43 Serena Williams Tennis Australian Open (x7), Wimbledon (x7), French Open (x3), US Open (x6), Olympic Gold Medal 42 Ronaldo Nazario Football World Cup (x2), La Liga, UEFA Cup, Ballon d'Or (x2) 41 Brett Favre American Football Super Bowl Champion, NFL Offensive Player of the YearPro Bowl (x11) 40 Alfredo Di Stéfano Football La Liga (x8), European Cup (x5), South American Championships, Ballon d'Or (x2) 39 Tony Hawk Skateboarding Summer X Games Gold Medal (x10) 38 John Cena Wrestling WWE Champion (x13), World Heavyweight Champion (x3), United States Champion (x5), WWE Tag Team Champion (x2), World Tag Team Champion (x2), Royal Rumble Winner (x2) 37 Michael Vick American Football Pro Bowl (x4), NFL Comeback Player of the Year, Bert Bell Award, Archie Griffin Award 36 Haile Gebrselassie Athletics Olympic Gold Medal (x2), World Championships Gold Medal (x4), World Indoor Championships (x4) 35 Larry Bird Basketball NBA Champion (x3), NBA Finals MVP (x2), NBA MVP (x3), NBA All-Star (x12) 34 Barry Sanders American Football NFL MVP, NFL Offensive Player of the Year (x2), Pro Bowl (x10) 33 Michael Johnson Athletics Olympic Gold Medal (x4), World Championships Gold Medal (x8), Goodwill Games Gold Medal (x4) 32 Derek Jeter Baseball All-Star (x14), World Series Champion (x5), World Series MVP, Gold Glove Award (x5) 31 Jackie Robinson Baseball NgL All-Star, World Series Champion, All-Star (x6), NL MVP 30 Daley Thompson Decathlon Olympic Gold Medal (x2), World Championships Gold Medal, European Championships Gold Medal (x2), Commonwealth Gold Medal (x3) 29 Donald Bradman Cricket Highest Career Batting Average, Highest Series Batting Average, Highest Percentage of Centuries per innings 28 Peyton Manning American Football Super Bowl Champion (x2), Super Bowl MVP, NFL MVP (x5), NFL Offensive Player of the Year (x2) 27 Carl Lewis Athletics Olympic Gold Medal (x9), World Championships Gold Medal (x8), Pan American Games Gold Medal (x2), Goodwill Games Gold Medal (x3) 26 Kobe Bryant Basketball NBA Champion (x5), NBA Finals MVP (x2), NBA MVP, NBA All-Stars (x18) 25 Jerry Rice American Football Super Bowl Champion (x3), Super Bowl MVP, NFL Offensive Player of the Year (x2), First-Team All-Star (x10) 24 Magic Johnson Basketball NBA Champion (x5), NBA Finals MVP (x3), NBA MVP (x3), NBA All-Star (x12) 23 Wilt Chamberlain Basketball NBA Champion (x2), NBA Finals MVP, NBA MVP (x4), NBA All-Star (x13), NBA All-Star Game MVP 22 Zinedine Zidane Football Serie A (x2), La Liga, Champions League, World Cup, European Championship, Ballon d'Or 21 Gordie Howe Ice Hockey Stanley Cup Championships (x4) 20 Jim Brown American Football NFL Champion, NFL MVP (x3), Pro Bowl (x9), NFL Rookie of the Year 19 Bobby Orr Ice Hockey Canada Cup Gold Medal, Norris Trophy, Art RossTrophy, Hart Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy 18 Tiger Woods Golf Masters Champion (x5), PGA Champion (x4), US Open (x3), The Open Championship (x3) 17 Bruce Lee Martial Arts Long Beach International Karate Championships, Hong Kong Inter-School Boxing Championship, Crown Colony Cha-Cha Championship 16 Tom Brady American Football Super Bowl Champion (x7), Super Bowl MVP (x5), NFL MVP (x3), NFL Offensive Player of the Year 15 Jesse Owens Athletics Olympic Gold Medal (x4) 14 Cristiano Ronaldo Football European Championship, Premier League (x3), La Liga (x2), Serie A (x2), Champions League (x5), Ballon d'Or (x5) 13 Lionel Messi Football World Cup, La Liga (x10), Champions League (x4), Ligue 1 (x2), Ballon d'Or (x7) 12 LeBron James Basketball NBA Champion (x4), NBA Finals MVP (x4), NBA MVP (x4), NBA All-Star (x19) 11 Roger Federer Tennis Australian Open (x6), French Open, Wimbledon (x8), US Open (x5)

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