Written by: Ray Lamar Inspired by: Artist Bill Rembert
There are many elite athletes all around the globe that accomplish unimaginable task throughout the course of their athletic careers. However, few Athletes are considered or referred to as a Specimen. This guy’s human abilities are worth scientific study. When looking at Usain Bolts times in comparison to his competitors’ fans are left wondering when this would ever happen again in human history. Eight-time Olympic champion, the 100m, 200m and 4x100m world record-holder Usain Bolt has achieved the unimaginable.
Usain Bolts Abilities are supernatural. His speed cannot be explained by the best athletes on the planet. At the tender age of 15 Bolt won gold in the 200 meters, becoming the youngest male world junior champion in any event ever. The following year at 16 years old Bolt set a new junior (age 19 and under) 200-metre world record to 20.13 sec and followed that performance up at 17 years old with an astonishing time of 19.93 sec, becoming the first teenager to break 20 seconds in the race.
Bolt has also been able to debunk the myth that tall sprinters are unable to be fast starters in short races such as the 100m. Bolt broke the world record in 2008 in New York City, running 9.72 seconds defeating American world class sprinter Tyson Gay. In 2012 Bolt and the rest of the world realized he was too fast when he snapped the 9.72 performance, posting an unmatched time of 9.63 in the 100m dash defying all odds.
Editor’s Note: This article first published on February 1, 2020.