The Bolt supremacy : inside Jamaica's sprint factory / Richard Moore.
By: Moore, Richard.
Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, ©2017Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.Description: xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781681774077.Subject(s): Bolt, Usain, 1986- | Bolt, Usain, 1986- | 2000-2099 | Runners (Sports) -- Jamaica -- Biography | Sprinting -- Jamaica -- History -- 21st century | JamaicaGenre/Form: Biographies. | Biographies. | Biography. | History. | Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references.
A force five hurricane -- The wellspring -- Bolt's own country -- The brotherhood -- Donkey man -- The architect -- Cuban swimming pool crisis -- Shifting the paradigm -- Jets and sharks -- Healing Hans -- Real as it gets -- Shock and awe -- The beast -- Threads -- The tester -- Genes and yams -- The G of the bang -- After the hurricane -- The in-between -- Afterword: The weeble.
Beijing 2008: Usain Bolt slows down as he approaches the finish line of the 100-meter finals, well ahead of his nearest rival. His face filled with the euphoria of a young man utterly in thrall to his extraordinary physical talent. It is one of the greatest moments in sports history--and it is just the beginning. Of the ten fastest 100-meter times in history, eight belong to Jamaicans. How is it that a small Caribbean island has come to almost totally dominate the men's and women's sprint events? The Bolt Supremacy opens the doors to a world where sprinting permeates daily conversations and interactions; where the high school championships are watched by 35,000 screaming fans; where identity, success and status are forged on the track, and where "making it" is a pass to a world of adoration and lucrative contracts. In such an environment, there can be the incentive for some to cheat. There are those who attribute Jamaican success to something beyond talent and hard work. Award-winning writer Richard Moore doesn't shy away from difficult questions as he travels the length of this beguiling country, speaking to scientists and skeptics as well as to coaches, gurus, superstars, and the young guns desperate to become the next big thing. Peeling back the layers, Moore finally reveals the secrets of the phenomenal Usain Bolt and the Jamaican sprint factory.