Over fifteen years of working on track and field, I was lucky enough to frequently encounter the great man, Usain Bolt. In fact, I witnessed all nineteen of his gold medals, so it’s fair to say I’ve had the pleasure of having the box seat to watch his incredible career unfold.
He was unfailingly friendly and loved stopping to chat in the mixed zone. I was always pleased to see him coming, although we rarely talked track and field, he’d just take his spikes off and chat to me about Man Utd.
Later, he came to our studios to do an in depth interview while he was promoting his book. It was a great interview, touching on the inner depths of his psyche. At this point I thought, you know what, I think I know him well enough for us to follow each other on twitter (now X).
So I approached him and said: “Come on Usain, we’re pals now. We should follow each other on twitter.” That’s exactly what we did. For context, the man follows a very small number of people, so I’m extremely proud to be one of the 134. We are now forever connected by rugby and dogs.
