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#4 Usain Bolt’s Double-Triple

Usain Bolt holds word records for both 100m and 200m

Successful athletes, during their eras, become the faces of their sports and rightly so. However, there are certain athletes like Usain Bolt, who carry the responsibility of a particular sport on their shoulders and do it in a style like no one else has ever done. The 21st century has seen some horrible things happen in sport, especially related to drugs and performance-enhancing substances, but thank god for the existence of Usain Bolt, who defines purity and greatness.

The only man in history to do the “double-triple” (Olympic gold medals in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in two consecutive editions) is also the world record holder for the 100m and 200m disciplines. He makes things looks so simple that you shudder to think whether he is human or not. The scariest part? He can go one up by winning three more gold medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The world record for 100m is tremendously tough to achieve and sustain but Bolt has done it like taking candy from a child. Maybe he is not human after all.