A fan comes up to greet Rio Olympics triple gold medallist Usain Bolt shortly after he arrived in Jamaica through the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt made a quiet return to the island yesterday following a reported business trip to England where he was for the last few days after completing history at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
The low-profile arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport was in stark contrast to the electric and storied performances in Rio de Janeiro, where Bolt accomplished the unprecedented “triple-triple”.
Decked in white t-shirt, black trousers and black cap, the nine-time Olympic Games gold medallist ignored an interview request while quickly exiting the airport.
But as people in the waiting area recognised the world record holder and began to shout his name, he shook off the poker face, acknowledged the praises with the odd smile, and even allowed a handful of hasty selfie photographs to be taken with cellphone cameras.
The multiple World Championships gold medal winner stuck around long enough for his luggage to be packed into the back of a black Toyota Tundra pick-up truck.
The sprint ace then hopped into a black Range Rover SUV driven by his executive manager and close friend Nugent Walker, and had a final chuckle at something a fan said before being raced away.
Bolt imperiously cantered to victories in the 100-metre, 200m and 4x100m events to reaffirm his status as track and field’s greatest athlete.
In Rio, he won the 100m with a 9.81-second clocking. That win made him the first athlete to win the event three times at the Olympic Games after victories in 2008 and 2012. He returned to win the 200m in 19.78.
He sealed the treble of gold medals in Rio when he anchored the 4x100m team – which also included Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade – to a season best 37.27 in the final.
The 30-year-old is the world record holder over the 100m and 200m events with 9.58 and 19.19, respectively.
Bolt, who is from Sherwood Content in Trelawny, has never lost a final at a major global championship. His sole hiccup came in the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, when he false-started in the 100m final.
Bolt has said the 2016 Games will be his last Olympics, but he is expected to compete at next year’s World Championships in London.
Thank god he’s back home safe . Welcome home Jamaica land we love .
Lawd morning met. Kasi why you neva go pick up your man? Usian just want a low key girlfriend a wonder if usian upset cause him find out kasi sleep with him brother? A wonder if him try to ask her fi tell him the truth and she lied to him. Kasi kasi why?
It is said that Usain knows that kasi was the side chicks to his bro, she would always complain to him (bolt) when things weren’t going well. Please follow the story it’s not that hard it has been almost three weeks go back and read.
Welcome back to your land sir bolt! I guess what’s her face is too pregnant to even greet him at the airport.
Odd smile? Poker face? LOL… Glad yu land safe sir!
So how Kasi never rent a Coaster to pick up him the squad her gifts and her papers to clear her custom range he had to go to England to oversee while it was being built.
You’re just cruel LOL :ngakak :ngakak
She sent her “assistant” to go and oversee the happenings as she was too busy being the social media socialite to go for “baby” and the squad!
Quiet return! Eh Look like him tiad him bady release mounts of sperms…
Now the real mix up going start! Ready yourself Met!
:iloveindonesia
Baby and the squad #SquadGoals
ANOTHER STORY!! They need to stop saying Usain has a girlfriend, he clearly doesnt but why is he so OBSESSED with threesomes? https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1692775/usain-bolts-secret-lover-reveals-how-she-rejected-sprint-stars-kinky-threesome-demands/
On Sunday she put “11:59am” pon twitter. I just throw my head back and laugh. She really did wa seh “BAAAABBBBBBY arrives today” but she neva bodda.
Now yesterday she dress up and snap fi mi we think she a meet him. Not a meet with baaaaabbbyyyyy but dinner with Tiff and frens. “YUH MAN” come back after 2 months and nuh knowings. woiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. I wish I had a baaaabbbbyyyyyyyy like that. :maho
A me alone a pree every photo dem snap of him ..him juss no look happy to be home. This glow and happiness he had overseas doesn’t show on him from him reach yard at all. Even the photos him tek with the fans in JA look so staged with fake smirk. That’s sad. A KASI alone did all excited on her SC bout she a have karaoke segment