Usain Bolt: The man with lightning speed

Usain Bolt, the only person who holds a ‘triple treble’ Olympic record, is currently the fastest man alive. The Jamaican sprinter is the first person to hold the 100 meters and 200 meters world records. His popularity worldwide soared with his victory at the two individual sprint events in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bolt won 9 Olympic medals at three consecutive Olympics – Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016. He won these in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4×100 meters relay events.

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Scandal at the Olympic Games

Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of the 100 m gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for banned steroids. Just after Johnson winning the race, the International Olympic Committee Medical Commission informed the Canadian officials that Johnson’s urine samples contained stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid. Carl Lewis, who originally won the silver medal, was awarded the gold medal and Linford Christie the silver.

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