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[Xavier]

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Is Usain Bolt Losing His Thunder?

Though still the world’s fastest man, the Jamaican star’s margin of victory in the 100 meters keeps getting smaller

By SARA GERMANO

Updated Aug. 24, 2015 9:07 a.m. ET18 COMMENTS

Beijing
Usain Bolt stayed atop the track world Sunday night, holding off rivals young and old to win the 100-meter world championship here. The Jamaican world-record holder, who first became a household name at the 2008 Olympics here, has been the singular star of track and field ever since.

But there was another takeaway from his performance this weekend: Bolt’s iron grip on the title of world’s fastest man appears to be weakening.
A nearly disastrous stumble in Sunday’s semifinal, coupled with the fact that Bolt’s 2015 sprints have been mediocre at best, has left the 29-year-old star looking more vulnerable than ever. (His time on Sunday was 9.79 seconds.) Perhaps more concerning is the arrival of the next generation of world-class sprinters, including collegians Trayvon Bromell (Baylor) and Andre De Grasse (Southern California), who emerged from relative obscurity to tie for bronze in 9.92 seconds.
Competition was so stiff that all of the sprinters had to clock under 10 seconds to qualify for this year’s 100-meter final, the first time in history that has occurred.

[Tropicana]

Yes and he looked like he was trying REALLY hard too.

You can see it starting at 01:45. If he didn't lean in really hard at the end, he would have lost. I need to go to that training centre that teaches Jamaicans how to lean in at the finish line.

Anyway, yes he is losing his touch. If Andre De Grasse, the 20 year old from Canada had been assigned a better lane, he would have given him a run for his money.

As I have said before, he needs to keep himself quiet or get married. All these complaints 'bout "mi back" and he had problems with his pelvis. No, I don't have a dirty mind but i do think that his bedroom activity is getting the better of him.

No I have never forgiven him for taken up with that blonde. She did nyam im out and he hasn't been the same since.

[Tropicana]

I didn't even realize he was DQ'd in Korea in 2011.

Wasn't that rigth after he started rooksin the blonde?

Jamaican sprinter bolts from blonde

The world’s fastest man – Usain Bolt – has split from his blonde fashion-designer girlfriend to concentrate on winning Olympic gold at London 2012, it was claimed last weekend.The Jamaican sprint star had dumped Slovakian-born Lubica Slovak after six months so she would not “distract” the 25-year-old from his Olympic training, it was reported.
Bolt’s split from Slovak, 28, with whom he was said to have had a “very serious” relationship, comes just days after a race row erupted in his native Jamaica over his choice of a white girlfriend.
The split was revealed on Jamaican news website, The Jamaica Star, days after sources close to the couple had insisted they were “very much in love”.
A source close to the Jamaican described the split as a “mutual decision between two adults”.
Bolt’s agent confirmed to the Mail Online that the Jamaican sprinter was “single”, but would not provide further comment.
Track star Bolt has come in for criticism from fellow black Jamaicans who are unhappy that he has chosen a white partner.
One online posting said: “Really now Usain! Some successful black men obviously suffer from a white woman complex. You too?”, while another complained: “Another one of our men snatched.”
Further protests included: “Out of all the girls on this island you pick a snowbunny”, and: “These superstars will always disappoint if we depend on them to raise our racial identity.”
The sprinter nicknamed Lightning Bolt is known for his mid-race celebrations and post-victory bow-and-arrow pose.
He is the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder over both the 100m and 200m.
He hopes to smash his own records and retain his titles in London this summer, although whether he’ll be watched by his Slovakian-born former girlfriend is another matter.
Slovak emigrated to Canada with her father when she was 14 and studied fashion design at Ryerson University in Toronto.
She moved to Jamaica after she “fell in love” with the island during a holiday in 2000.
Slovak was introduced to Bolt last year through a mutual friend, reggae singer Tami Chynn, with whom she owns an award-winning clothing line called Anuna and a Kingston boutique.

http://www.iol.co.za/the-star/jamaican-sprinter-bolts-from-blonde-1.1295641

[Tropicana]

Compare it to

[Peasie]

That's just batsh!t crazy.

[Tropicana]

Let's see what his next door neighbour has to say bout him:

Party-mad Usain Bolt 'is neighbour from hell': Model wife of rapper Sean Paul slams sprinter's non-stop noise - and claims Jamaican police turn a blind eye because he's a national hero

• Model Jodi ‘Jinx’ Stewart-Henriques claims she has had to endure constant noise since buying home next to Olympic gold medallist two years ago
• Jodi and Bolt live in housing complex in suburb of Kingston, Jamaica
• ‘He takes his nasty behaviour everywhere. He’s the ultimate party clown'

Model Jodi ‘Jinx’ Stewart-Henriques – wife of millionaire rapper Sean Paul – claims she has had to endure constant noise ever since she bought a home next to the Olympic gold medallist two years ago.

Last week, she wrote on Facebook: ‘Between the bikes, loud, horrid music, parties and screams, I honestly wish he would go back to where he came from. He’s a horrible neighbour.
‘He takes his nasty behaviour with him everywhere. He’s the ultimate party clown.’
Jodi and sprinter Bolt live in a smart Norbrook housing complex in a suburb of Kingston, Jamaica. Another neighbour backed up her complaint, saying Bolt had been ‘the neighbour from hell’ adding: ‘He has parties which start in the afternoon and go on until 3am, 4am, whatever he chooses.
‘This is a nice neighbourhood but he has shattered the calm.’

She claims she has reported Bolt’s behaviour to the local police but they refused to intervene ‘because it’s Bolt’.Last night Jamaica’s police commissioner, Dr Carl Williams, said: ‘Police are aware of these complaints and have done something about it. I cannot say exactly what has been done but it is possible that we have spoken to Mr Bolt.
‘As far as I am concerned, the matter has been dealt with.’
Usain Bolt did not comment.

Yup sounds like too much partying and too much sex to me and this is interfering with his performance on the track.

[Tropicana]

Perfect casting.

I recall when a certain Jamaican sprinter running for Canada and his cronies used to be seen all over the Tdot in fast cars and with faster woman. That got him no where fast. Usain would be well to learn from his mistakes.

...and mi not calling NO name.

[Xavier]

Perfect casting.

I recall when a certain Jamaican sprinter running for Canada and his cronies used to be seen all over the Tdot in fast cars and with faster woman. That got him no where fast. Usain would be well to learn from his mistakes.

...and mi not calling NO name.

So you think his lifestyle is the root issue?

[Tropicana]

Definitely. All that partying and cavorting with assorted bimbos is BOUND to take it's toll.

If he had not leaned in really hard at the end of that race he could have lost it and he was running FLAT OUT!

[Tropicana]

Seems to be a hazard of the profession.....

Michael Phelps caught behaving badly -- again

Yet Phelps, surprisingly, either did not know about or chose to ignore the ramifications of all those camera phones: a celebrity whose tens of millions in sponsorship money depends on image cannot do anything stupid in public, because someone will have taken a picture or video of the indiscretion.
And not all those people will feel inclined to let what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas.
So it was that a picture of Phelps sucking on a bong showed up in Sunday’s editions of the low-rent British tabloid, News of the World, in a story headlined, WHAT A DOPE.
Such pipes generally are used to smoke cannabis in the form of marijuana or hashish.
We don’t know (yet?) what was in this pipe, which the newspaper said was being used during a Nov. 6 house party at the University of South Carolina.
But we do know this is a real picture (not something digitally created), because Phelps’ management company, Octagon, did not claim otherwise when it issued a statement for him Sunday morning.
Phelps’ statement:
``I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I’m 23 years old, and despite the successes I have had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner that people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public – it will not happen again.’’
But that doesn’t deal with at least two issues:
1. If there was cannabis in the bong, Phelps has used a drug on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list. While cannabis is a banned substance only if used in competition, we are talking about image here.
2. If it was cannabis, this is not the first substance case involving Phelps, and the other was more serious, even if it involved alcohol rather than an illegal drug. In December, 2004, he got 18 months probation after pleading guilty to drunk driving. He was just 19 when that occurred in Maryland, where it was also illegal for Phelps to have been drinking.
While it is hardly a surprise to find marijuana being used at a college party, it is illegal. For Phelps to put himself in a position that someone can photograph him doing whatever he was doing in South Carolina shows that his maturity level has yet to catch up to his bank account.

Just like his having been photographed a few months ago fondling strippers in Las Vegas



-- nothing illegal about that, but probably not a picture that delights the companies he endorses.
Bad judgment is not a crime, but repeated bad judgment carries its own punishment. Yes, Hollywood stars act far worse, but Phelps owes his celebrity to the special glow that comes from being an Olympic champion.
No wonder the U.S. Olympic Committee said Sunday it was ``disappointed'' in Phelps' behavior and that he ``failed to fulfill (the) responsibilities'' that come with ``setting a positive example for others.''

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports_globetrotting/2009/02/michael-phelps-caught-behaving-badly-again.html

Eventually he grew up and showed better judgement. Bolt is a grown EDIT man of 29. It's time he did the same.

[Wahalla]

Let's see what his next door neighbour has to say bout him:





Yup sounds like too much partying and too much sex to me and this is interfering with his performance on the track.

If you followed the story....another Neighbour wrote to the gleaner.. denying that it ever happened.. That Bolt was a great neighbour.. and in fact was not in the house at the time....and was in fact less noisy than his accuser. He tells every one when he is having a party.. and ends them early. The police also said that there was no incident. and the lady even apologised.

red eye people. The man win... He is not at his peak..And all the if and butting im still win....

[Wahalla]

The stats are telling...See the full story here

Is Usain Bolt Losing His Thunder?

Though still the world’s fastest man, the Jamaican star’s margin of victory in the 100 meters keeps getting smaller

By SARA GERMANO

Updated Aug. 24, 2015 9:07 a.m. ET18 COMMENTS

Beijing
Usain Bolt stayed atop the track world Sunday night, holding off rivals young and old to win the 100-meter world championship here. The Jamaican world-record holder, who first became a household name at the 2008 Olympics here, has been the singular star of track and field ever since.

But there was another takeaway from his performance this weekend: Bolt’s iron grip on the title of world’s fastest man appears to be weakening.
A nearly disastrous stumble in Sunday’s semifinal, coupled with the fact that Bolt’s 2015 sprints have been mediocre at best, has left the 29-year-old star looking more vulnerable than ever. (His time on Sunday was 9.79 seconds.) Perhaps more concerning is the arrival of the next generation of world-class sprinters, including collegians Trayvon Bromell (Baylor) and Andre De Grasse (Southern California), who emerged from relative obscurity to tie for bronze in 9.92 seconds.
Competition was so stiff that all of the sprinters had to clock under 10 seconds to qualify for this year’s 100-meter final, the first time in history that has occurred.

Lawd gad deh man win.... im did injured.. three races before this he is not at his peak...

I want him to retire.... If you watch the Michael Johnson film of him visting Jamaica to investigate our success you will see why....

[Wahalla]

So you think his lifestyle is the root issue?

he has stated that he is on a strict diet.. no junk food.. He is resting.. In his off period he parties....

[Xavier]

he has stated that he is on a strict diet.. no junk food.. He is resting.. In his off period he parties....

I was asking Topics if she thinks it was his lifestyle. I actually think Bolt will be fine.

[Wahalla]

By this analysis... then Gay who is as quiet as a church mouse should be the top sprinter....And Safa who does rarely party and lives like a monk most of the time should be beating Bolt..

the great Gary Sobers was partying the night before his 365 and the night before his six sixes....

Bolt is every thing that the self appointed arbitors of taste in Jamaica dislike... He is a working class male hero...He loves dance hall... I hate dance hall... but i would never stop any one from enjoying it.. He likes the popular dances...Once i heard him say on a video... as he thanked a dance hall queen who taught him some moves at a dancehall this is who he is this was where he was happy..... There is weed there, there is sexy dancing there, there is long hours, drap pan.. And he likes that ambiance ....long may he enjoy himself... Tough for those who want Jamaica to be a christian theocrasy where we sing sankes, attend a brteren church with no sound... He and appricaition of things Jamaica....

Once the man made a commetn that every young Jamaican learnt to roll a spliff in a light entertainment program...I thought nothing of it they crusified him.. that he encourages drug use.. I learnt to roll a spliff before i went to high school! He likes girls, great for him.. He likes sex with girls great for him... That tapanaris model slandered him with a lie and it is presented as evidence....