Tyson g*y Defeats Usain Bolt in Stockholm
For the first time in over two years, Jamaican world record-holder Usain Bolt suffered defeat in a 100m race on Friday. It happened during a Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
Before the start of the trial heat, Bolt gesticulated that he was sleepy to the TV cameras. By the time of the final race, however, Bolt, less animated than his fans would have expected, opened his eyes wide into the camera.
The main event had arrived and the world's fastest man was ready to race.
He had only raced against g*y twice before, and both times, at a New York meeting in 2009 and in the Berlin World Championships later that year, Bolt set a new world record.
But just as the sprinters were getting ready to start the race, the church bells in Stockholm's 1912 Olympic stadium rang, causing the athletes to have to get out of the blocks and start over again.
The next time it happened, it was the camera flashes from the crowd that obstructed the start. Bolt rolled over in frustration after not being able to start what he had come to do.
Third Start's a Charm
On the third starting attempt, the race got underway. Bolt was relatively slow out of the starting blocks, as usual. g*y, on the other hand, got a nearly perfect start.
And it was g*y, with his pin-point technique and compact body shape, who had the lead halfway through.
But Bolt's chances were not yet to be discounted. With his seemingly casual running style, much different to g*y's, he is usually able to gain significant time on his opponents once his legs extend to full stride.
In this race, though, Bolt's monstrous acceleration was absent. Perhaps it was the Achilles injury that had troubled him earlier in the season that affected his run.
Instead of Bolt claiming yet another victory, it was g*y who proved that not even the world's fastest man is unbeatable.
In 9.83 seconds, g*y handed Bolt his first defeat since the last time the Jamaican ran in Stockholm on July 22, 2008. Then, it was his countryman Asafa Powell who beat him.
Bolt to Bounce Back
After the race, Bolt spoke with Swedish TV channel SVT.
"I'm feeling alright, a little bit disappointed. It's one of those days, I can't win everything," he said.
Bolt, who admitted to being "thrown off" by the multiple starting attempts, stressed that he'd never thought himself to be unbeatable, and that he must now respond in the right way – on the track.
"It's a part of the game to learn to lose, and to learn to bounce back. That's what I have to do now," he said.
g*y, who won over Bolt for the first time, was happy to win a race he had especially prepared for.
"I feel good, it's my fastest time of the year so I can't complain," he said to SVT.
"I had fun today, I was relaxed. I am happy, it just hasn't settled in yet," added g*y.
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