What is 'Que tal' in Spanish in these sentences?

Question

I know it's informal for 'how are you?' But what does it mean in these two sentences? thanks

1) realmente sorprendente­ verlo competir, que tal Usain Bolt de Jamaica!.

2) No son muchas personas como tú que escribe más de "Qué tal".

Answer 1

1. Really surprising to see him compete, like Usain Bolt of Jamaica!

2. There are not many people like you that write more than "Whats Up".

Sentence 1 is sort of like "Such as" but in English we would say like more often than such as. Sentence 2 is using it literally as what's up.

Answer 2

In the first sentence it means "such as"

In the second "There are not many persons such you that only write "what's up"

Answer 3

1) What about Usain Bolt, from jamaica!

2) How are you?

The second sentence doesn't make much sense.