Usain Bolt is having a good year. On top of taking Gold at the Beijing Olympics he has been collecting numerous awards and gifts since his return to Jamaica.
He is now the Jamaica Gleaners Man of the Year and well deserving of the award. There is no doubt he has sparked an outpouring of national pride unlike anything Jamaica has seen in years and he’s given hope to a million poorJamaican children with the hopes of taking it “To The World”
Jamaica Gleaner News - Bolt on top - Olympian cops Gleaner’s top award - Tuesday | November 11, 2008
Usain Bolt’s trophy cabinet is getting awfully packed. After months of receiving national gold medals, honours and dozens of gifts and prizes, ‘Lightning Bolt’ took home another august award yesterday when he was named The Gleaner’s Man of the Year 2008.As the drum roll echoed from the speaker boxes at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, and images of Bolt on the Beijing tracks appeared on two large screens, the anxious audience relived the thrilling Olympic moments.
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