Olympics - Lightning BOLT does strike twice!

[gzagee]

All hail the incomparable Usain Bolt

He wins the 200m Gold and breaks Michael Johnson's world record at the same time!!!!

Damn!!! This boy's good!!!!

[Libertine]

What i like about him is he makes it all look so effortless.

[StLGooner]

Lets just hope he's not doped up, would take away from his great performances. He looks like he can run faster backwards than the rest of them.

[mogsy182gooner]

best thing was he was ruinning into the wind, hes almost as quick as me

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

I don't think the boys doped up. The guy was beating 20 yr olds by the same distance when he was 15. The guy is a phenomenon.

Most runners are small and stocky and he has managed to perfect sprinting and has a huge advantage in his stride length.

I have a lot of man love for the Lightning Bolt.

[TheLittleMozart]

His showboating during the 100m sprint final was legendary!

[Libertine]

I thought his win today was even more impressive than his win in the 100m.

[ozgooner]

haven't seen it yet , he lowered the world record by 0.3 of a second didn't he .

[Andreys_Does_Simples]

Video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic ... 572131.stm

[ozgooner]

^^^^^^^

cheers for that mate , he got the record by 2 hundredths then . seriously impressive effort that , 2 world records and 2 golds . with another on the way for the relay yeah

[gzagee]

I thought his win today was even more impressive than his win in the 100m.

Just imagine if he'd tried to run hard in the 100m???? The mind boggles!!!!!

[StLGooner]

Since Usain Bolt gained world-wide fame for being ridiculously fast at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he's been able to mix in visits to his favorite club, Manchester United, his other favorite club, Real Madrid, and more between running ridiculously fast. In the past, he's talked about playing as a "left-sided defensive midfielder" when he was in high school, but now he's seriously talking about his future as a footballer and not just his past.

Says the 24-year-old in his autobiography:

"Ideally, if I was to play football, I'd sign for my favorite team -- Manchester United. People say it's not realistic but nobody has seen me play so you never know. If Alex Ferguson saw me in one of those charity matches he might think I could replace Ryan Giggs."

You might laugh at that last sentence, but considering Sir Alex just bought a player for £7 million sight unseen, picking the next Ryan Giggs out of a charity match could be possible.



But according to the Guardian's Simon Hattenstone, Bolt isn't just spouting off to sell books:

I ask about his ambitions. Ultimately, he says, he'd love to make a go of playing football professionally. He's being deadly serious. One of the perks of being Usain Bolt is that sporting stars love to meet him, so whenever he's travelling and there's time, he tries to train with a top football team. Last year it was Manchester United, a few days ago it was Bayern Munich. He's still carrying a copy of the French sporting newspaper L'Equipe, which features a spread on his football skills and praise from Bayern manager Louis van Gaal. He shows me a photo of himself with his arm wrapped round the dwarfed 6ft German forward Miroslav Klose. "If I keep myself in shape, I can definitely play football at a high level," he says.

Presumptuous? Yes. Impossible? Maybe not. His speed and celebrity would certainly get him a trial somewhere -- whether he has any skills on the ball or not.

All this will have to wait until at least after the 2012 Olympics, though. At which point Ryan Giggs will probably still be playing and Bolt will probably still be carrying around that copy of L'Equipe.

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Bolt a footballer? Would be interesting to see.

[SE13]

They showed an interview with him this morning, and he basically said Thierry Henry didn't have skill, just pace. His pace (when he retires from athletics) will (he said) be key to him being a great player.

[Inchpräctice]

Can't see this happening.
Yeah he'd have unbelievable pace but there's a bit more to it than that.
I get the impression that he's watched some Prem games on TV and thought "That looks easy."

[Fabby]

He's getting far too big for his boots its insulting to professional footballers to think he could just walk in there and do it he wouldn't have a chance, these guys are playing pro football since theyve been 11 years old thats 13 years more than him already, give over.