{"id":58482,"date":"2020-04-15T12:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58482"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:27:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T12:27:24","slug":"bolt-goes-viral-with-social-distancing-olympic-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58482","title":{"rendered":"Bolt goes viral with ‘social distancing’ Olympic photo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk: Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he's still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the Beijing Olympics with the cheeky caption: “social distancing”.<\/p>\n

Bolt's post, featuring a picture by AFP photographer Nicolas Asfouri of the 2008 Olympics 100m final, blew up on social media, drawing more than half a million likes and 90,000 retweets.<\/p>\n

It showed the Jamaican crossing the finish line at the Bird's Nest stadium in a then-world record time of 9.69sec, glancing round from lane four as his despairing competitors trail two paces behind.<\/p>\n

“Savage”, commented one Twitter user, while New York Times journalist Christopher Clarey posted another picture of Bolt out in front on his own, captioned “self isolation”.<\/p>\n

Bolt's chest-thumping celebration in Beijing added to a legend that grew further when he won the 200m in another world-record time. He retired in 2017 with eight Olympic gold medals and the current 100m mark of 9.58sec, set in 2009.<\/p>\n

Bolt, 33, has been encouraging Jamaicans to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic, posting videos of himself exercising at home and juggling footballs with a friend. He also helped promote a major fundraiser, Telethon Jamaica.<\/p>\n

After retiring from athletics, Bolt, a Manchester United fan, attempted to launch a career in football, and had a trial with Australia's Central Coast Mariners before contract talks failed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he’s still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the Beijing Olympics with the cheeky caption: “social distancing”. Bolt’s post, featuring a picture by AFP photographer Nicolas Asfouri of the 2008 Olympics 100m final, blew up on social […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n