Tag: Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt Is The Highest-Paid Track Athlete In History
AFRICANGLOBE - When Bolt is on the track, everyone else just looks slow. He simply leaves everyone in the dust. And when you look at how much the guy makes every year, you get the exact same feeling. This past year he made more money than any other track and field athlete – 10 times more! Not only is he the world record holder in the 100m and the 200m, earning him the title of "fastest man on Earth," but he also makes more money than any other track star in history.
Bolt Secures Third World Sprint Sweep As Jamaica Wins Relay
AFRICANGLOBE - Usain Bolt secured a sweep of the sprint golds at a world championships for the third time when he helped Jamaica's relay team to a fourth successive 4x100 metres title on Saturday.
Best Ever: Usain Bolt Defeats Justin Gatlin To Win World 100m...
AFRICANGLOBE - At the same Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing where Bolt announced himself to the world with two Olympic golds and two world records in 2008, the Jamaican superstar came past a faltering Gatlin at the death to snatch victory by one hundredth of a second.
Usain Bolt Makes History at World Championships
AFRICANGLOBE - In the last race of the championships Sunday, Usain Bolt grabbed the gold-colored baton for his anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay and became the most decorated athlete in world championship history.
Secrets to Usain Bolt’s Super Speed Revealed
AFRICANGLOBE - A mathematical analysis of Olympic champion Usain Bolt's famous Berlin run reveals new insights about the athlete is so quick on his feet by accurately modeling the runner's world record-setting 100 meter dash in 2009.
Usain Bolt Named 2012 IAAF World Athlete of the Year
AFRICANGLOBE - Usain Bolt won the 2012 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award for the men on Saturday in Barcelona, Spain. This is...
Usain Bolt Will Not Compete In Britain Because of Extortionist Tax...
London 2012 triple Olympic gold medallist Usain “Lightning” Bolt has struck out at the British taxman and has refused to compete in the United...
Olympic Glories and the Caribbean’s Image
The remarkable feats of Jamaican athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games and, to a lesser extent, those of Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago, must...
Usain Bolt: Best Show of the Olympics
Is there anything better than watching someone run really really fast? Running is the most elemental sport. It requires no ball, no net, no...
British Hooligan Charged for Throwing Bottle at Usain Bolt and Yohan...
Ashley Gill-Webb’s first mistake was throwing a bottle at the likes of Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Justin Gatlin seconds before the start of...
Olympic Glory Set to Boost Usain Bolt’s Annual $20 Million
When Jamaican sprint sensation Usain Bolt arrived in England last month, he already had a series of lucrative sponsorship deals estimated to swell his...
Usain Bolt Wins 100m Final Smashing the Olympic Record
Usain Bolt has become just the second man in history to win back-to-back 100m titles after running an extraordinary 9.63sec to smash his own...
Usain Bolt Suffering From ‘White Woman Complex’?
His arm around her waist, sprinter Usain Bolt and his former girlfriend are the picture of togetherness.
The world’s fastest man has who had been...
Usain Bolt Makes Forbes Rich List
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt sprinted away with over $20.3 million over the past 12 months, according to leading business news publication, Forbes Magazine,...
