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Usain Bolt, (born Aug. 21, 1986, Trelawny parish, Jam.), Jamaican sprinter. An athletics (track and field) prodigy, Bolt won the 200-meter event at the 2002 world junior championships at age 15. In May 2008 he set the 100-meter-dash world record, which he broke the following August while capturing a gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Games. Bolt won additional Olympic gold medals in the 200 meters and the 4 × 100-meter relay, both in world record time. At the London 2012 Olympic Games, he again won the 100-meter and 200-meter events, becoming the first person to win both races in consecutive Olympiads. He also won a gold as a member of the 4 × 100-meter relay at the London Games. Four years later, he won golds in all three of those events, at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, becoming the first man in history to complete the “triple triple.” He retired from competition after the 2017 world championships.

Olympic Games Summary

Olympic Games, athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes. Currently, the Games are open to

Daley Thompson at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games

athletics Summary

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