Usain Bolt was having the worst year of his career — and then he reminded the world that we've never seen anything like him
As he struggled through his worst, slowest season since he became the fastest man alive at the 2008 Olympics, an atmosphere of doubt surrounded Usain Bolt for the first time.
We'd seen Bolt sleepwalk through non-Olympic years before, but this felt different. With the 2015 World Championships right around the corner, Bolt's times were so off this summer that even he had to admit that something was up. After running a 20.29-second 200 meters in New York in June — a time that didn't even crack the top 20 in the world in 2015 — Bolt sounded lost.....Read more
