Speed and the Puma lifestyle : Usain Bolt and Jochen Zeitz
Usain Bolt has the full support of Puma in a way no other athlete enjoys from a sponsor; with the help of Jochen Zeitz it was a win-win for the man and the brand.
The revolution at Puma has seen deals that should make other lifestyle brands sit up and take notice; when it comes to lifestyle and living in the fast lane explosive growth and speed go together perfectly ... over 100m and 200m.
Usain Bolt said he could call an early halt to his season after Friday's Golden League meeting in Zurich.
Bolt, who smashed his existing records in the 100m and 200m at the recent World Championships in Berlin, admitted to feeling tired from his exploits.
"I can't say I'm not tired. Hopefully I can tell after the race whether I can go for three more races," said Bolt.
Lisa Dobriskey, who claimed 1500m silver in Berlin, heads a small squad of British athletes in Zurich.
Dobriskey, who was elevated to second place after original winner Natalia Rodriguez was disqualified for pushing, will again meet most of the contestants from the Berlin final.
Bahrain's gold medallist Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Shannon Rowbury of the United States, who was third, also make an early return to action, while Dobriskey's fellow Briton Jemma Simpson, a semi-finalist in the 800m in Berlin, steps up in distance. Read more here...
Ever wonder what it’s like to be the fastest person in the world?
Rondel Sorrillo might not have a bad idea.
Sorrillo, a UK sprinter, recently represented his home country of Trinidad and Tobago in the 200m at the World Track and Field Championships. The 200m competition ran from Aug. 18-20, and runners needed to advance past three heat stages to qualify for the final.
In all three stages, Sorrillo drew the same heat as Jamaica’s Usain Bolt.
Sorrillo didn’t reach the finals; he finished sixth in his semifinal heat and finished 13th at the Championships. But three times over the span of two days, he raced directly against the fastest man in the history of civilization. Read more here...
Michael Johnson: Where does Usain Bolt go from here?
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is so much better than all the other 100m and 200m runners and at only 23 he is a world-record holder, world champion, and Olympic champion. So where does he go now?
Usually the World Championships held the year after an Olympics leaves much to be desired, but this was a great occasion, with world records, championship records, and some fine competitive races.
We knew last year that Usain Bolt could run much faster after he won the Olympic 100 metres gold, in Beijing, in 9.69 seconds after easing down 30m from the finish. But to see him cover 100m in 9.58sec, in Berlin, was unbelievable.
In the early rounds of the 200m the Jamaican said he was tired and looked it on his way to the final. It led many people to doubt he would break his world-record of 19.30 set in Beijing. But he did break the record again – running 19.19sec. Most impressive about his performance in the final was that I believe he really was tired: he appeared to start to fatigue at the end of the race, yet still managed to lower his world record. Read more here...
There is no stopping Usain Bolt and a 19.19 World Record over 200m blew the Berlin competition apart.
"I had nothing to lose," "I went out there and just did my best.
"I was kind of tired for yesterday, but in the warm-ups I was feeling good so I decided what the heck - let's come out here and try for the world record.
"I ran hard and I got it, and I'm proud of myself. You could see the look on my face, I was really trying hard, I was digging, I was giving everything I got.
