Sporting Witness - Usain Bolt - The Birth of a Legend

Usain Bolt - The Birth of a Legend

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In 2008 Jamaica's Usain Bolt burst onto the athletics scene at the Beijing Olympics, winning both the 100 metres and 200 metres in world record times. Ian Williams talks to Bolt's coach, Glen Mills, and fellow Jamaican sprinter, Michael Frater, about the year Bolt became a global superstar.

(Photo: Usain Bolt at the 2008 Olympics, Getty Images)


Published on Thursday, 13th December 2018.

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