“This guy is Superman II”

He loves dancing, aspired to become a fast bowler but landed on the tracks to burn them with his lightening speed. Media called him “Bolt from the blue”, “Lightening Bolt” and credited him for being "the tallest world-class sprinter in history” but this triple world record holder shows no attitude and politely terms his comparison with Michael Phelps (eight gold medals wonder) as unfair.

The name is Usain Bolt, the track sensation, who has taken the athletic world by storm with his performances in Beijing Olympics and became one of the two iconic performers in the Olympics, other being swimmer Phelps. Bolt is a 22-years-old Jamaican sprinter He holds the Olympic and world records for the 100 metres at 9.69 seconds, the 200 metres at 19.30 seconds and, along with his team-mates, the 4x100 metres relay at 37.10 seconds.

After watching his performance in 200 metres race, former 200m world record holder Michael Johnson remarked that new world record time was simply incredible. This guy is Superman II.

But, not everyone is praising Bolt for his fantastic efforts; IOC president Jacques Rogge condemned his chest slapping actions as disrespectful to other competitors, while Olympic medallist Kriss Akabusi interpreted his actions before the finish line as showboating, noting that these cost Bolt an even faster record time. Bolt has no intention of changing. Not for Rogge, not for the International Olympic Committee.

Six-foot-five inch long Bolt’s winning efforts in 100 and 200 metres also changed the popular mindset that height is a detriment to sprinting. He has just four-years-old in professional sprinting and has got a bright future to make and break many more world records.