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Gregorian calendar | 100 C |
Ab urbe condita | 853 |
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Assyrian calendar | 4850 |
Bahá'í calendar | -1744–-1743 |
Bengali calendar | -493 |
Berber calendar | 1050 |
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Buddhist calendar | 644 |
Burmese calendar | -538 |
Byzantine calendar | 5608–5609 |
Chinese calendar | 己亥年十二月初二日 (2736/2796-12-2) — to —
庚子年十一月十三日(2737/2797-11-13) |
Coptic calendar | -184–-183 |
Ethiopian calendar | 92–93 |
Hebrew calendar | 3860–3861 |
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- Vikram Samvat | 156–157 |
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- Kali Yuga | 3201–3202 |
Holocene calendar | 10100 |
Iranian calendar | 522 BP – 521 BP |
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Julian calendar | 100 C |
Korean calendar | 2433 |
Minguo calendar | 1812 before ROC 民前1812年 |
Thai solar calendar | 643 |
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Year 100 (C) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Traianus and Frontinus (or, less frequently, year 853 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 100 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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Nickname(s) | Lightning Bolt |
Nationality | Jamaican |
Born | (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986 (age 25)[1] Trelawny, Jamaica[2] |
Residence | Kingston, Jamaica |
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3] |
Weight | 92 kg (200 lb)[3] |
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Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Sprints |
Club | Racers Track Club |
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100 m: 9.58 WR (Berlin 2009)[4] |
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The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. ( /ˈjuːseɪn/;[8] born 21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and (along with his teammates) the 4×100 metres relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, and is one of only seven athletes (along with Valerie Adams, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jacques Freitag, Yelena Isinbayeva, Jana Pittman, Dani Samuels) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
Bolt won a 200 m gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, making him the competition's youngest-ever gold medalist at the time (since surpassed by Jacko Gill). In 2004, at the CARIFTA Games, he became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 m in less than 20 seconds with a time of 19.93 s,[9] breaking the previous world junior record held by Roy Martin by two-tenths of a second. He turned professional in 2004, and although he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, he missed most of the next two seasons due to injuries. In 2007, he broke Don Quarrie's 200 m Jamaican record with a run of 19.75 s.
His 2008 season began with his first world record performance—a 100 m world record of 9.72 s—and culminated in world and Olympic records in both the 100 m and 200 m events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He ran 9.69 s for the 100 m and 19.30 s in the 200 m, and also set a 4×100 m relay record of 37.10 s with the Jamaican team. This made him the first man to win three sprinting events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984, and the first man to set world records in all three at a single Olympics. The following year he further lowered his own 100 m and 200 m world records to 9.58 s and 19.19 s respectively at the 2009 World Championships.[10] This made him the first man to hold both the 100 and 200 m world and Olympic titles at the same time.
His 2009 record breaking margin over 100 m is the highest since the start of digital time measurements.[11] His achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt",[12] and awards including the IAAF World Athlete of the Year, Track & Field Athlete of the Year, and Laureus Sportsman of the Year.
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Bolt was born on 21 August 1986 in Sherwood Content,[13] a small town in Trelawny, Jamaica, and grew up with his parents, Wellesley and Jennifer Bolt, his brother Sadeeki,[14] and his sister Sherine.[2][15] His parents ran the local grocery store in the rural area, and Bolt spent his time playing cricket and football in the street with his brother,[16] later saying, "When I was young, I didn’t really think about anything other than sports".[17]
As a child, he attended Waldensia Primary and All-age School, and it was here that he first began to show his sprinting potential, running in the annual national primary-schools' meeting for his parish.[12] By the age of twelve, Bolt had become the school's fastest runner over the 100 metres distance.[18]
Upon his entry to William Knibb Memorial High School, Bolt continued to focus on other sports, but his cricket coach noticed Bolt's speed on the pitch and urged him to try track and field events.[19] Pablo McNeil, a former Olympic sprint athlete,[20] and Dwayne Barrett coached Bolt, encouraging him to focus his energy on improving his athletic abilities. The school had a history of success in athletics with past students, including sprinter Michael Green.[12] Bolt won his first annual high school championships medal in 2001, taking the silver medal in the 200 metres with a time of 22.04 seconds.[12] McNeil soon became his primary coach, and the two enjoyed a positive partnership, although McNeil was occasionally frustrated by Bolt's lack of dedication to his training and his predisposition to practical jokes.[20]
Performing for Jamaica in his first Caribbean regional event, Bolt clocked a personal best of 48.28 s in the 400 metres in the 2001 CARIFTA Games, winning a silver medal. The 200 m also yielded a silver as Bolt finished in 21.81 s.[21]
He made his first appearance on the world stage at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Running in the 200 m event, he failed to qualify for the finals, but he still set a new personal best of 21.73 s.[22] Bolt still did not take athletics or himself too seriously, however, and he took his mischievousness to new heights by hiding in the back of a van when he was supposed to be preparing for the 200 m finals at the CARIFTA Trials. He was detained by the police for his practical joke, and there was an outcry from the local community, which blamed coach McNeil for the incident.[20] However, the controversy subsided, and both McNeil and Bolt went to the CARIFTA Games, where Bolt set championship records in the 200 m and 400 m with times of 21.12 s and 47.33 s, respectively.[21] He continued to set records with 20.61 s and 47.12 s finishes at the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships.[23]
Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson recognised Bolt's talent and arranged for him to move to Kingston, along with Jermaine Gonzales, so he could train with the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) at the University of Technology, Jamaica.[20]
The 2002 World Junior Championships before a home crowd in Kingston, Jamaica, gave Bolt a chance to prove his credentials on the world stage. By the age of 15, he had grown to 1.96 metres (6 ft 5 in) tall, and he physically stood out amongst his peers.[12] He won the 200 m, in a time of 20.61 s,[24] 0.03 seconds slower than his personal best of 20.58 s set in the 1st round.[25] Bolt's 200 m win made him the youngest world-junior gold medalist ever.[26] The expectation from the home crowd had made him so nervous that he had put his shoes on the wrong feet. However, it turned out to be a revelatory experience for Bolt as he vowed never again to let himself be affected by pre-race nerves.[27] As a member of the Jamaican sprint relay team, he also took two silver medals and set national junior records in the 4×100 metres and 4×400 metres relay, running times of 39.15 s and 3:04.06 minutes respectively.[28][29]
The flow of medals continued as he won four gold medals at the 2003 CARIFTA Games, and was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.[30][31][32] He won another gold at the 2003 World Youth Championships. He set a new championship record in the 200 m with a time of 20.40 s, despite a 1.1 m/s head wind.[33] Michael Johnson, the 200 m world-record holder, took note of Bolt's potential but worried that the young sprinter might be over-pressured, stating, "It's all about what he does three, four, five years down the line".[34] Bolt had also impressed the athletics hierarchy, and he received the IAAF Rising Star Award for 2002.[35]
Bolt turned his main focus to the 200 m and equalled Roy Martin's world junior record of 20.13 s at the Pan-American Junior Championships.[12][36] This performance attracted interest from the press, and his times in the 200 m and 400 m led to him being touted as a possible successor to Johnson. Indeed, at sixteen years old, Bolt had reached times that Johnson did not register until he was twenty, and Bolt's 200 m time was superior to Maurice Greene's season's best that year.[34]
In his final Jamaican High School Championships in 2003, he broke both the 200 m and 400 m records with times of 20.25 s and 45.30 s, respectively. Bolt's runs were a significant improvement upon the previous records, beating the 200 m best by more than half a second and the 400 m record by almost a second.[12]
Bolt was growing more popular in his homeland. Howard Hamilton, who was given the task of Public Defender by the government, urged the JAAA to nurture him and prevent burnout, calling Bolt "the most phenomenal sprinter ever produced by this island".[34] His popularity and the attractions of the capital city were beginning to be a burden to the young sprinter. Bolt was increasingly unfocused on his athletic career and preferred to eat fast food, play basketball, and party in Kingston's club scene. In the absence of a disciplined lifestyle, he became ever-more reliant on his natural ability to beat his competitors on the track.[37]
As the reigning 200 m champion at both the World Youth and World Junior championships, Bolt hoped to take a clean sweep of the world 200 m championships in the Senior World Championships in Paris.[12] Bolt beat all comers at the 200 m in the World Championship trials, but he was pragmatic about his chances and noted that, even if he did not make the final, he would consider setting a personal best a success.[34][38] However, he suffered a bout of conjunctivitis before the event, and it ruined his training schedule.[12] Realising he would not be in peak condition, the JAAA refused to let him participate in the finals on the grounds that he was too young and inexperienced. Bolt was dismayed at missing out on the opportunity, but focused on getting himself in shape to gain a place on the Jamaican Olympic team instead.[38] Even though he missed the World Championships, Bolt was awarded the IAAF Rising Star Award for the 2003 season on the strength of his junior record-equalling run.[35]
Under the guidance of new coach Fitz Coleman, Bolt turned professional in 2004, beginning with the CARIFTA Games in Bermuda.[12] He became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 m in under twenty seconds, taking the world junior record outright with a time of 19.93 s.[12][26] For the second time in the role, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 2004 CARIFTA Games.[39][30][31] A hamstring injury in May ruined Bolt's chances of competing in the 2004 World Junior Championships, but he was still chosen for the Jamaican Olympic squad.[40] Bolt headed to the 2004 Athens Olympics with confidence and a new record on his side. However, he was hampered by a leg injury and was eliminated in the first round of the 200 metres with a disappointing time of 21.05 s.[1][41] American colleges offered Bolt track scholarships on the strength of his performances, but the teenager from Trelawny refused them all, stating that he was content to stay in his homeland of Jamaica.[15] Bolt instead chose the surroundings of the University of Technology, Jamaica, as his professional training ground, staying with the university's primitive track and weight room that had served him well in his amateur years.[42]
The year 2005 signalled a fresh start for Bolt in the form of a new coach, Glen Mills, and a new attitude to athletics. Mills recognised Bolt's potential and aimed to cease the sprinter's unprofessional approach to the sport.[41] Bolt began training with Mills in preparation for the upcoming athletics season, partnering with more-seasoned sprinters such as Kim Collins and Dwain Chambers.[43] The year began well, and in July he knocked more than a third of a second off the 200 m CAC Championship record with a run of 20.03 s,[44] then registered his 200 m season's best at London's Crystal Palace, running in 19.99 s.[1] Misfortune awaited Bolt at the next major event, the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. Bolt felt that both his work ethic and athleticism had much improved since the 2004 Olympics, and he saw the World Championships as a way to live up to expectations, stating, "I really want to make up for what happened in Athens. Hopefully, everything will fall into place".[45] Bolt qualified with runs under 21 s, but he suffered an injury in the final, finishing in last place with a time of 26.27 s.[41][46] Injuries were preventing him from completing a full professional athletics season, and the eighteen-year-old Bolt still had not proven his mettle in the major world-athletics competitions.[47] Bolt was involved in a car accident in November, and although he suffered only minor facial lacerations, his training schedule was further upset.[48][49] His manager, Norman Peart, made Bolt's training less intensive, and he had fully recuperated the following week.[48] Bolt had continued to improve his performances, and he reached the world top-5 rankings in 2005 and 2006.[12] Peart and Mills stated their intentions to push Bolt to do longer sprinting distances with the aim of making the 400 m event his primary event by 2007 or 2008. Bolt was less enthusiastic, and demanded that he feel comfortable in his sprinting.[48][50] He suffered another hamstring injury in March 2006, forcing him to withdraw from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, and he did not return to track events until May.[51] After his recovery, Bolt was given new training exercises to improve flexibility, and the plans to move him up to the 400 m event were put on hold.[47]
Upon his return to competition, the 200 m remained his primary event, and he beat Justin Gatlin's meet record in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Bolt had aspired to run under twenty seconds to claim a season's best but, despite the fact that bad weather had impaired his run, he was happy to end the meeting with just the victory.[52] However, a sub-20-second finish was soon his, as he set a new personal best of 19.88 s at the 2006 Athletissima Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland, finishing behind Xavier Carter and Tyson Gay to earn a bronze medal.[53] Bolt had focused his athletics aims, stating that 2006 was a year to gain experience. Also, he was more keen on competing over longer distances, setting his sights on running regularly in both 200 m and 400 m events within the next two years.[52] Bolt claimed his first major world medal two months later at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, Germany. He passed the finishing post with a time of 20.10 s, gaining a bronze medal in the process.[1] The IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece, yielded Bolt's first senior international silver medal.[1] Wallace Spearmon from the United States won gold with a championship record time of 19.87 s, beating Bolt's respectable time of 19.96 s.[54] Further 200 m honours on both the regional and international stages awaited Bolt in 2007. The young Jamaican yearned to run in the 100 metres, but coach Mills diverted his attention, stating that he could run the shorter distance if he broke the 200 m national record.[41] In the Jamaican Championships, he ran 19.75 s in the 200 m, breaking the 36-year-old Jamaican record held by Don Quarrie by 0.11 s.[12][15]
Mills complied with Bolt's demand to run in the 100 m, and he was entered to run the event at the 23rd Vardinoyiannia meeting in Rethymno, Crete. In his debut tournament run, he set a personal best of 10.03 s, winning the gold medal and feeding his enthusiasm for the event.[15][55]
He built on this achievement at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, winning a silver medal.[1] Bolt recorded 19.91 s with a headwind of 0.8 m/s but this paled in comparison with Tyson Gay's time of 19.76 s, which set a new championship record.[56]
The Jamaican national record fell when Bolt partnered with Asafa Powell, Marvin Anderson, and Nesta Carter in the 4×100 metres relay. However, their finish in 37.89 s was not enough to beat the Americans' time of 37.78 s.[57] Bolt did not win any gold medals at the major tournaments in 2007, but Mills felt that Bolt's technique was much improved, pinpointing improvements in Bolt's balance at the turns over 200 m and an increase in his stride frequency, giving him more driving power on the track.[41]
The silver medals from the 2007 Osaka World Championships boosted Bolt's desire to run, and he took a more serious, more mature stance towards his career.[19] Bolt continued to develop in the 100 m, and he entered to run in the event at the Jamaica Invitational in Kingston. On 3 May 2008, Bolt ran a time of 9.76 s, aided by a tail wind of 1.8 m/s, considerably improving upon his previous personal best of 10.03 s.[58] This was the second-fastest legal performance in the history of the event; second only to compatriot Asafa Powell's 9.74 s record set the previous year in Rieti, Italy.[59] Rival Tyson Gay lauded the performance, praising Bolt's form and technique especially.[60] Michael Johnson, who was observing the race, said that he was shocked at how quickly he had improved over the 100 m distance.[61] The Jamaican surprised even himself with the time, but coach Glen Mills remained confident that there was more to come.[60]
Mills' prediction came true before the end of the month when Bolt established a new 100 m world record on 31 May 2008. Pushed on by a tail wind of 1.7 m/s, Bolt ran 9.72 s at the Reebok Grand Prix held in the Icahn Stadium in New York City, breaking Powell's record.[62] The record time was even more remarkable in light of the fact that it was only his fifth senior run over the distance.[63] Gay again finished second and commended Bolt's physical superiority, stating, "It looked like his knees were going past my face".[15] Commentators noted that Bolt appeared to have gained a psychological advantage over fellow Olympic contender Gay.[41]
In June 2008, Bolt responded to claims that he was a lazy athlete, saying that the comments were unjustified, and he trained hard to achieve his potential. However, he surmised that such comments stemmed from his lack of enthusiasm for the 400 metres event, and chose to not make the effort to train for distance running.[64] Turning his efforts to the 200 m, Bolt proved that he could excel in multiple events—first setting the world-leading time in Ostrava, then breaking the national record for the second time with a 19.67 s finish in Athens, Greece.[65][66] Although Mills still preferred that Bolt focus on the longer distances, the acceptance of Bolt's demand to run in the 100 m worked for both sprinter and trainer. Bolt was more focused in practice, and a training schedule to boost his top speed and his stamina, in preparation for the Olympics, had improved both his 100 m and 200 m times.[15][67][68] His confidence was building, and he was sure that he would perform well in the upcoming Olympics.[65]
Bolt announced that he would double-up with the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Beijing Summer Olympics, and the new 100 m world-record holder was the favourite to win both.[69][70] Michael Johnson, the 200 m and 400 m record holder, personally backed the sprinter, saying that he did not believe that a lack of experience would work against him.[71] Bolt qualified for the 100 m final with times of 9.92 s and 9.85 s in the quarter-finals and semifinals, respectively.[72][73][74]
In the Olympic 100 m final, Bolt broke new ground, winning in 9.69 s (unofficially 9.683 s) with a reaction time of 0.165 s.[75] This was an improvement upon his own world record, and he was well ahead of second-place finisher Richard Thompson, who finished in 9.89 s.[76] Not only was the record set without a favourable wind (+0.0 m/s), but he also visibly slowed down to celebrate before he finished and his shoelace was untied.[77][78][79] Bolt's coach reported that, based upon the speed of Bolt's opening 60 m, he could have finished with a time of 9.52 s.[80] After scientific analysis of Bolt's run by the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo, Hans Eriksen and his colleagues also predicted a sub 9.60 s time. Considering factors such as Bolt's position, acceleration and velocity in comparison with second-place-finisher Thompson, the team estimated that Bolt could have finished in 9.55±0.04 s had he not slowed to celebrate before the finishing line.[81][82]
Bolt stated that setting a record was not a priority for him, and that his goal was just to win the gold medal, Jamaica's first of the 2008 Games.[83] Olympic medalist Kriss Akabusi construed Bolt's chest slapping before the finish line as showboating, noting that the actions cost Bolt an even faster record time.[84] IOC president Jacques Rogge also condemned the Jamaican's actions as disrespectful.[85][86] Bolt denied that this was the purpose of his celebration by saying, "I wasn't bragging. When I saw I wasn't covered, I was just happy".[87] Lamine Diack, president of the IAAF, supported Bolt and said that his celebration was appropriate given the circumstances of his victory. Jamaican government minister Edmund Bartlett also defended Bolt's actions, stating, "We have to see it in the glory of their moment and give it to them. We have to allow the personality of youth to express itself".[88]
Bolt then focused on attaining a gold medal in the 200 m event, aiming to emulate Carl Lewis' double win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.[89] Michael Johnson felt that Bolt would easily win gold but believed that his own world record of 19.32 s set at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta would remain intact at the Olympics.[90] Bolt eased through the first and second rounds of the 200 m, jogging towards the end of his run both times.[91] He won his semifinal and progressed to the final as the favourite to win.[92] Retired Jamaican sprinter Don Quarrie praised Bolt, saying he was confident that Johnson's record could be beaten.[35] The following day, at the final, he won Jamaica's fourth gold of the Games, setting a new world and Olympic record of 19.30 s.[93] Johnson's record fell despite the fact that Bolt was impeded by a 0.9 m/s headwind. The feat made him the first sprinter since Quarrie to hold both 100 m and 200 m world records simultaneously and the first since the introduction of electronic timing.[93][94] Furthermore, Bolt became the first sprinter to break both records at the same Olympics.[95] Unlike in the 100 m final, Bolt sprinted hard all the way to the finishing line in the 200 m race, even dipping his chest to improve his time.[96] Following the race, "Happy Birthday" was played over the stadium's sound system as his 22nd birthday would begin at midnight.[96]
Two days later, Bolt ran as the third leg in the Jamaican 4x100 metres relay team, increasing his gold medal total to three.[97] Along with teammates Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, and Asafa Powell, Bolt broke another world and Olympic record, their 37.10 s finish breaking the previous record by three tenths of a second.[98] Powell, who anchored the team to the finishing line, lamented the loss of his 100 m record to Bolt but showed no animosity towards his Jamaican rival, stating that he was delighted to help him set his third world record.[99] Following his victories, Bolt donated US$50,000 to the children of the Sichuan province of China to help those harmed by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[100]
Bolt's record-setting runs caused commentators not only to praise his achievements but also to speculate about his potential to become one of the most successful sprinters ever.[17][101] Critics hailed his Olympic success as a new beginning for a sport that had long suffered through high-profile drug scandals.[63][102][dead link] The previous six years had seen the BALCO scandal, Tim Montgomery and Justin Gatlin stripped of their 100 m world records, and Marion Jones returning three Olympic gold medals.[103] All three sprinters were disqualified from athletics after drugs tests detected banned substances in their systems.[104][105] Bolt's record-breaking performances caused suspicion among some commentators, including Victor Conte, and the lack of an independent Caribbean anti-doping federation raised more concerns.[106][107] The accusations of drug use were vehemently rejected by Glen Mills (Bolt's coach) and Herb Elliott (the Jamaican athletics team doctor). Elliott, a member of the IAAF anti-doping commission, urged those concerned about the issue to "come down and see our programme, come down and see our testing, we have nothing to hide".[108] Mills had been equally ardent that Bolt was a clean athlete, declaring to the Jamaica Gleaner: "We will test any time, any day, any part of the body...[he] doesn't even like to take vitamins".[109] Bolt stated that he had been tested four times prior to the Olympics, and all had tested negative for banned substances. He also welcomed anti-doping authorities to test him to prove that he was clean, stating, "We work hard and we perform well and we know we're clean".[110]
“ | I was slowing down long before the finish and wasn't tired at all. I could have gone back to the start and done it all over again. | ” |
—Usain Bolt's thoughts on his 100m sprint at the 2008 Olympics, published in his autobiography Usain Bolt 9.58[111] |
The end of the 2008 athletics season saw Bolt compete in the ÅF Golden League, beginning in Weltklasse Zürich. Despite having the slowest start among his competitors in the 100 m race, he still crossed the finishing line in 9.83 s.[112] Even though the time was slower than both his newly set world record and Asafa Powell's track record, it was still among the top-fifteen 100 m finishes by any sprinter to that date.[77] Bolt admitted that he was not running at full strength, suffering from a cold, but he had concentrated on both winning the race and finishing the season in good health.[112] At the Super Grand Prix final in Lausanne, Bolt ran his second-fastest 200 m with a time of 19.63 s, equalling Xavier Carter's track record.[113] However, it was the 100 m final, featuring Asafa Powell, that drew the most interest. Powell had moved closer to Bolt's world record after setting a new personal best of 9.72 s, reaffirming his status as Bolt's main contender.[114] Bolt's final event of the season came three days later at the Golden League final in Brussels. This was the first 100 m race featuring both Bolt and Powell since the final in the Olympics. Both Jamaicans broke the track record, but Bolt came out on top with a time of 9.77 s, beating Powell by 0.06 s. Victory, however, did not come as smoothly as it had in Beijing. Bolt made the slowest start of the nine competitors and had to recover ground in cold conditions and against a 0.9 m/s headwind.[115] Yet the results confirmed Jamaican dominance in the 100 m, with nine of the ten-fastest legal times in history being recorded by either Bolt or Powell.[77] On his return to Jamaica, Bolt was honoured in a homecoming celebration and received an Order of Distinction in recognition of his achievements at the Olympics.[116]
He was selected as the IAAF Male Athlete of the year and won a Special Olympic Award for his performances.[117] However, Bolt turned his attention to future events, suggesting that he could aim to break the 400 metres world record in 2010 as no major championships were scheduled that year.[118]
Bolt started the season competing over 400 metres in order to improve his speed, winning two races and registering 45.54 s in Kingston,[119] and windy conditions gave him his first sub-10 second finish of the season in the 100 m in March.[120] In late April Bolt suffered minor leg injuries in a car crash. However, he quickly recovered following minor surgery and (after cancelling a track meet in Jamaica) he stated that he was fit to compete in the 150 metres street race at the Manchester Great City Games.[121] Bolt won the race in 14.35 s, the fastest time ever recorded for 150 m.[122] Despite not being at full fitness, he took the 100 and 200 m titles at the Jamaican national championships, with runs of 9.86 s and 20.25 s respectively.[123][124] This meant he had qualified for both events at the 2009 World Championships. Rival Tyson Gay suggested that Bolt's 100 m record was within his grasp, but Bolt dismissed the claim and instead noted that he was more interested in Asafa Powell's return from injury.[125] Bolt defied unfavourable conditions at the Athletissima meet in July, running 19.59 seconds into a 0.9 m/s headwind and rain, to record the fourth fastest time ever over 200 m,[126] one hundredth off Gay's best time.[127]
At the 2009 World Championships in August, Bolt eased through the 100 m heats, clocking the fastest ever pre-final performance of 9.89 seconds.[128] The final was the first time Bolt and Gay had met in the season, and Bolt improved his world record with a time of 9.58 s to win his first World Championship gold medal. Gay finished with a time of 9.71 s, 0.02 s off Bolt's 9.69 s world-record run in Beijing.[129] Taking over a tenth of a second off the previous best mark, this was the largest ever margin of improvement in the 100 m world record since the beginning of electronic timing.[130]
Although Gay withdrew from the second race of the competition, the Jamaican once again produced world record-breaking form in the 200 metres final. He broke his own record by 0.11 seconds, finishing with a time of 19.19 seconds.[131] He won the 200 m race by the biggest margin in World Championships history, even though the race had three other athletes running under 19.90 seconds, the greatest number ever in the event.[132][133] Bolt's pace impressed even the more experienced of his competitors; third-placed Wallace Spearmon complimented his speed,[134] and former Olympic champion Shawn Crawford said "Just coming out there...I felt like I was in a video game, that guy was moving – fast".[135] Bolt pointed out that an important factor in his performance at the World Championships was his improved start to the races: his reaction times in the 100 m (0.146)[136] and 200 m (0.133)[137] were significantly faster than those he had produced in his world record runs at the Beijing Olympics.[138][139] However, he, together with other members of Jamaican 4x100 m relay team, fell short of their own world record of 37.10 s set at 2008 Summer Olympics by timing 37.31 s, which is, however, a championship record and the second fastest time in history at that date.[140]
On the last day of the Berlin Championships, the governing Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, presented Bolt with a 12-foot high section of the Berlin Wall in a small ceremony, saying Bolt had shown that "one can tear down walls that had been considered as insurmountable." The nearly three-ton segment will be delivered to Bolt's training camp in Jamaica.[141]
Several days after Bolt broke the world records in 100 and 200 metres events, Mike Powell, the world record holder in long jump (8.95 metres set in 1991) argued that Bolt could become the first man to jump over 9 metres, the long jump event being "a perfect fit for his speed and height".[142] At the end of the season he was selected as the IAAF World Athlete of the Year for the second year running.[143]
Early on in the 2010 outdoor season, Bolt ran 19.56 seconds in the 200 m in Kingston, Jamaica for the fourth-fastest run of all-time, although he stated that he had no record breaking ambitions for the forthcoming season.[144] He took to the international circuit May with wins in East Asia at the Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting and then a comfortable win in his 2010 IAAF Diamond League debut at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.[145][146] Bolt made an attempt to break Michael Johnson's best time over the rarely competed 300 metres event at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava. He failed to match Johnson's ten-year-old record of 30.85 and suffered a setback in that his 30.97-second run in wet weather had left him with an Achilles tendon problem.[147][148]
On his return from injury a month later, he asserted himself with a 100 m win at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne (9.82 seconds) and a victory over Asafa Powell at Meeting Areva in Paris (9.84 seconds).[149][150] Despite this run of form, he suffered only the second loss of his career in a 100 m final at the DN Galan. Tyson Gay soundly defeated him with a run of 9.84 to Bolt's 9.97 seconds, and the Jamaican reflected that he had slacked off in training early in the season while Gay had been better prepared and in a better condition.[151] This marked Bolt's first loss to Gay over 100 m, which coincidentally occurred in the same stadium where Powell had beaten Bolt for the first time two years earlier.[152]
Considered the overwhelming favourite to win in the 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Bolt was eliminated from the final for a false start.[153] Usain Bolt's countryman, Yohan Blake won in a season best of 9.92 seconds. In the 200m, Bolt cruised through to the final which he won in a time of 19.40s,[154] the fastest time in history never to be a World Record. Bolt also won gold in 4x100 metres relay with team Jamaica setting a world record time of 37.04.
Bolt expresses a love for dancing and his character is frequently described as laid-back and relaxed.[19][156][dead link][157] Bolt's Jamaican track and field idols include Herb McKenley and former Jamaican 100 m 200 m world record holder, Don Quarrie. Michael Johnson, the former 200 m world and Olympic record holder, is also held in high esteem by Bolt.[19] The first sport to interest him was cricket and he said if he was not a sprinter he would be a fast bowler instead.[19] As a child he was a supporter of the Pakistani cricket team and admired the bowling of Waqar Younis.[158] He is also a fan of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, West Indian opener Chris Gayle[159] and Australian opener Matthew Hayden.[160] During a charity cricket match Bolt clean-bowled Chris Gayle. Gayle was complimentary of Bolt's pace and swing.[161] Bolt also struck a six off Chris Gayle's bowling. Another bowler complimentary of Bolt's pace was former West Indies fast-bowling great Curtly Ambrose.[162]
Bolt has also expressed his love for football and is a fan of Manchester United as well as Real Madrid.[163] Bolt has also declared he is a fan of Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.[164] Following a race in Manchester, he met the team at their training ground and offered Portuguese national Cristiano Ronaldo some sprinting advice.[165] Bolt was a special guest of Manchester United at the 2011 UEFA Champions League final in London, where he stated he'd like to play for them after he retires.[166]
In 2010, he also revealed his fondness of music, when he played a reggae DJ set to a crowd in Paris.[167]
After winning the 200 m title in the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, Bolt signed a sponsorship deal with Puma.[168] To promote Bolt's chase for Olympic glory in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, Puma released a series of videos including Bolt's then-world-record-setting run in Icahn Stadium and his Olympic preparations.[169] After his world record breaking run in New York City, which was preceded by a lightning storm,[170] the press frequently made puns on the Jamaican's name, nicknaming him "Lightning Bolt" and the "Bolt from the blue".[171][172][173][dead link] During the Beijing 2008 100 m final, Bolt wore golden Puma Complete Theseus spikes that had "Beijing 100 m Gold" emblazoned across them.[174] His athletics agent is PACE Sports Management.[175]
In January 2012, Usain Bolt impersonated Richard Branson in a Ad Campaign for Virgin Media.[176] The multi-million pound campaign was directed by Seth Gordon and features Virgin founder Branson to promote its superfast broadband service. In March 2012, he starred in an ad for Visa and the London 2012 olympics.[177]
In 2010, Bolt signed a lucrative publishing deal with HarperCollins for an autobiography, which was negotiated by Chris Nathaniel of NVA Management.[178] This is scheduled for release in 2012. During a press conference in Paris on 15 July 2010, Bolt declined any comment on what would be contained within the book saying, "you can't really give away anything in your book ... should be exciting, it's my life, and I'm a cool and exciting guy".[163]
As a result of Bolt's successes in athletics, he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 2009 and 2010.[179][180]
Event | Time (seconds) | Venue | Date | Records | Notes |
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100 metres | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 | Also shares the second fastest time of 9.69 with Tyson Gay. Bolt's 9.69 set the Olympic record in 2008. | |
150 metres | 14.35 | Manchester, United Kingdom | 17 May 2009 | World best[5] | He ran the last 100 m in 8.70, the fastest ever recorded time over a 100 m distance. This would equal an average speed of 41.38 km/h. |
200 metres | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 | Also holds the Olympic Record with 19.30, at the time (2008) a new world record. | |
300 metres | 30.97 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 27 May 2010 | This is the second fastest time, behind Michael Johnson's 30.85. | |
400 metres | 45.28[12] | Kingston, Jamaica | 5 May 2007 | ||
4 × 100 metres relay | 37.04 | Daegu, South Korea | 4 September 2011 | Shared with Yohan Blake, Michael Frater and Nesta Carter. |
Bolt's personal best of 9.58 seconds in the 100 metres is the fastest ever legal time.[77] Bolt also holds the second fastest time of 9.69 seconds (more precisely 9.683),[75] the current Olympic record.[77] Tyson Gay recorded a time of 9.68 s at the 2008 US Olympic Trials, but was aided with a tail wind of 4.1 m/s, exceeding the legal limit of 2.0 m/s set by the IAAF and nullifying its inclusion as a world record.[182] Obadele Thompson's run of 9.69 s in 1996 is also not recognised as it was aided by a 5.0 m/s tail wind.[77]
Bolt's personal best of 19.19 s in the 200 metres is the world record. This was recorded at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin against a headwind of −0.3 m/s. He has also broken the Olympic record with a time of 19.30 s (more precisely 19.296 s)[183]
The Jamaican relay team including Bolt, set the 4x100 metres world and Olympic records at the 2008 Olympics with a time of 37.10 seconds. This is the only run in the IAAF top ten performances which was not set by an American team.[184]
Bolt also holds the 200 metres world teenage best results for the age categories 15 (20.58 s), 16 (20.13 s, world youth record), 17 (19.93 s) and 18 (19.93 s, world junior record).[75] He also holds the 150 metres world best set in 2009, during which he ran the last 100 metres in 8.70 seconds, the quickest timed 100 metres ever.[75]
From his record time of 9.58 s for the 100 m sprint Usain Bolt's average ground speed equates to: 37.58 km/h or 23.35 mph. However, once his reaction time of 0.15 s is subtracted, his time is closer to 9.43 s, making his average speed closer to 38.18 km/h or 23.72 mph.[185]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | 200 m | 20.61 |
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 39.15 NJR | |||
2nd | 4×400 m relay | 3:04.06 NJR | |||
2003 | World Youth Championships | Sherbrooke, Canada | 1st | 200 m | 20.40 |
2003 | Pan American Junior Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 200 m | 20.13 WYB |
2nd | 4×100 m relay | 39.40 | |||
2004 | CARIFTA Games | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1st | 200 m | 19.93 WJR |
2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 200 m | 20.03 |
2006 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 200 m | 20.10 |
2006 | IAAF World Cup | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 200 m | 19.96 |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 2nd | 200 metres | 19.91 |
2008 | Reebok Grand Prix | New York City, United States | 1st | 100 m | 9.72 WR |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 1st | 100 metres | 9.69 WR OR |
1st | 200 metres | 19.30 WR OR | |||
1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.10 WR OR | |||
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 100 metres | 9.58 WR |
1st | 200 metres | 19.19 WR | |||
1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.31 CR | |||
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | |||
1st | 200 metres | 19.40 WL | |||
1st | 4×100 metres relay | 37.04 WR |
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Date of birth | 21 August 1986 |
Place of birth | Trelawny, Jamaica |
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Full name | Joshua Randolph Hansen | ||
Date of birth | (1982-01-16) January 16, 1982 (age 30) | ||
Place of birth | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder/Forward | ||
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Current club | Puerto Rico Islanders | ||
Number | 20 | ||
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2000–2003 | San Francisco Dons | ||
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Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2005 | Seattle Sounders | 0 | (0) |
2006 | Southern California Seahorses | 15 | (8) |
2006 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 0 | (0) |
2007 | California Victory | 20 | (6) |
2007 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | (0) |
2008– | Puerto Rico Islanders | 78 | (15) |
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2010– | Puerto Rico | 4 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 4, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
Josh Hansen (born January 16, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American-born Puerto Rican international football player who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders of the North American Soccer League.
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Hansen attended Greenway High School and played four years of college soccer at the University of San Francisco, where he won several honors and his exploits included a hat-trick against Saint Mary's College.[1]
Hansen spent 2005 with the championship-winning Seattle Sounders of the USL First Division, but saw little playing time. In an attempt to re-ignite his career, Hansen joined the Southern California Seahorses of the USL Premier Development League in 2006, scoring 8 goals in 15 matches.
On August 30, 2006, following the conclusion of the PDL season. Hansen was signed by the Los Angeles Galaxy,[2] having appeared and scored a goal as a guest player for the Galaxy reserves in a game against the Colorado Rapids reserves earlier in the same month.[3]
Hansen was waived by the Galaxy during the 2007 pre-season, having never played a senior game for the team, and was subsequently signed by the California Victory. He was then transferred to Vancouver Whitecaps FC during the 2007 season. Hansen was waived by the Whitecaps in January 2008.[4] He signed with the Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division in early 2008.
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Birth name | Mark Randall |
Nationality | British |
Field | Painting |
Movement | Stuckism |
Mark D, born Mark Randall,[1] is a British artist and punk musician (guitarist and songwriter). He is also associated with the Stuckist group of artists.
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Mark D was born and spent his childhood in Peterborough. He now lives in Nottingham. From university onwards, Mark D (D standing for "degenerate") played in various bands including the Fat Tulips, Confetti (when he was known as David), the Pleasure Heads (when he was known as Mark Randyhead), Oscar, Servalan and Sundress, and appeared on dozens of releases. He published and edited fanzines, including the underground C86 fanzine Two Pint Take Home. He is a co-owner of Heaven Records.[2]
The Fat Tulips were formed in 1987 and have been described as "incredibly skilled in the art of buzzing electric guitars, ferocious tempos, pristine pop melodies and lyrics that weren’t nearly as sweet as they sounded at first listen." [3]
A few years after the Fat Tulips broke up in the mid-1990s, he started a dealership in art and antiques with his wife, Tully, focusing on work from the 1960s and 1970s, including John Piper, Stig Lindberg, Lucienne Day and John Clappison.
An interest in the music of Billy Childish led onto Childish's paintings, which he acquired, and subsequently also the work of other artists in the Stuckist group. He contacted two artists who had been exhibited by the Stuckists, Stella Vine and Gina Bold, both of whom refused to sell him work, because of his connection with Childish. Vine responded with an email, which said, "Go fuck yourself".[1][2]
Frustrated at not being able to acquire that work for his collection and inspired by an Andy Warhol quote, "If you want to sell paintings you have to make paintings", Mark D began in May 2005 to make his own paintings, for which he had no formal training or qualifications ("my only qualification is a love of art"). He was encouraged and given advice by Stuckist co-founder, Charles Thomson, without whom Mark D said, "I could easily have given up on doing my own work."[4]
His paintings make visual and verbal comments on well-known figures in the art world, starting with Billy Childish, Tracey Emin, Stella Vine and Damien Hirst. He describes Emin as "without doubt a very talented artist whose work I greatly admire."[2] In response to the controversy over the Tate's purchase of its trustee Chris Ofili's work, The Upper Room, he painted a picture of the Tate Chairman, Paul Myners—who had defended the purchase—called The Hypocrisy of Myners. A reproduction of this work was featured on a placard outside the Turner Prize in December 2005 during a Stuckist demonstration against the purchase.
Mark D first exhibited in September 2005 with the Stuckists at La Viande gallery, Shoreditch, in a show ''Painting Is the Medium of Yesterday"—Paul Myners CBE, Chairman of Tate Gallery, Chairman of Marks and Spencer, Chairman of Aspen Insurance, Chairman of Guardian Media, Director of Bank of England, Director of Bank of New York. A Show of Paintings by the Stuckists, as Refused by the Tate Gallery. Guaranteed 100% Free of Elephant Dung.[2]
His solo show, Mark D and the Stuckists v Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst, was at the Art Organisation gallery in March 2007. It included a display of material about Stuckist demonstrations.[5] As well as his own paintings he showed paintings by other Stuckist artists from his collection,[2] which he jointly owns with his wife, Tully, and states is "the world's largest collection of Stuckist paintings".[6]
In February 2008, he staged a show of his paintings, which satirise Stella Vine's images of Princess Diana and Kate Moss, replacing the former with Victoria Beckham and showing Moss eating slugs.[1] The exhibition, held jointly with Abby Jackson at La Viande gallery in Shoreditch, London, was called Disney Heroines Committing Suicide.[7]
He names Alfred Wallis, John Bellany, Bryan Pearce, and Stella Vine as influences, and sums up his artistic and musical philosophy with a derivation from punk:
Some outstanding musicians have proved that all you need are 3 chords and a cheap guitar to come up with a classic. I find it much more interesting to listen to some low budget production record full of life and energy with lots of good ideas, (e.g. early Clash and Velvet Underground, The Vaselines, The White Stripes and, of course, Billy Childish with the Buff Medways etc.) than some over-produced bland pomp like Athlete, Coldplay or U2.[2]
Charles Thomson described his work as "brilliant punk paintings".[8]
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[Thurston]
I can never forget you - the way you rock the girls
they move a world and love you - a blast in the underworld
I stick a knife in my head - thinking 'bout your eyes
but now that you been shot dead - I've got a new surprise
I been waitin' for you just to say
he's off to check his mind
but all I know is you got no money
but that's got nothing to do with a good time
can you forgive the boy who - shot you in the head
or should you get a gun and - go and get revenge?
a 100% of my love - up to you true star
it's hard to believe you took off - I always thought you'd go far
but I've been around the world a million times
and all you men are slime
it's the gun to my head, goodbye I am dead
wastewood rockers is time for cryin', hey!
[Chorus]
Are you waiting
Waiting for something that's wrong (oooh)
Are you waiting
(Waiting) you know sometimes a girl must move alongggg.
(yeah)
Are you waiting
(waiting)
Waiting for something that's wrong (hey).
[verse #1 - Trina]
uh- as i vibe with the music i just think bout the times.
I came in after a date and at times,
climbed in the same bed which my man was lying.
He questioned me am i defying i was lieing.
He was a real good man he worked and all.
I wanted a hustler so i could hurt the mall.
I could've made love but i wanted to be fucked, he had alot to offer it just wasn't enough.
I like the candy coded Lax, the niggas smoking sacks,
the football games fortune and fame, and more
importantly i wanted me a name.
The jewels the crusiers too sell.
No more projects the foolish can dwell, the offiest weed
from pre-me's on pork & beans and weenie, i'm still ghetto, a porche
a gleam when you see me, on t.v. but i'm all woman (uhh) (oooh).
[chorus]
Are you waiting (waiting) waiting for something that's wrong.
It's wrong ,it's wrong (yeah).
Are you waiting (waiting) you know sometimes a girl must move alongggg (oooh).
[verse # 2 - Trina]
uh- y'all know i'm from miami right
but do y'all really know what miami like
miami life the fast pace, the consant cash chase, the clothes, cars OOH GOD!!
Niggas sell coke to get rich,
bitches sell pussy to get rich.
Get down or don't get shit.
No options, no college, no loans no cash no knowledge.
I'm sexxy ass hell you know i'm gon' profit.
And trust me!! my skills are well polished, i chat niggas down,
pat niggas down, and set 'em up right if he that big of a clown.
I had to, well i didn't have too, but what about me
shidd i had to have too.
I wanted a rolley a millionaire to hold me, locker access for
Kobe you know me!! (oooh)
[chorus]
Are you waiting (waiting) waiting for something that's wrong.
It's wrong, it's wrong (yeah).
Are you waiting (waiting) you know sometimes a girl must move alongggg.
(heyyy)
[verse # 3 - Trina]
uh- I'm the same woman mercedes or the civic.
Fuck the credits i just give it how i get.
I'm the spokesperson, for every sister who soul seacrhing,
still scrolling these clubs with no purpose.
Stay in the malls and want purchase.
Straight boosting, bad checks or they lease in
they mouth, robbers put a peice in there mouth.
For what yo man keep in there house, they pull
gats for stacks as tall as shaq', you chickens don't know me well.
I'm not i'mpressed with yo finddie purses and pony tails.
Always surfaced with yo phony tails.
When you need to be in school all day on a chase.
Or going to work supporting you and yo place.
Or with an athelete with a cool one in the safe.
Why suck dick to keep food on a plate
i steak and bake potatos, take the pay lo's.
(ooooh) uh-uh
[chorus]
Are you waiting (waiting) waiting for something that's wrong,
it's wrong, it's wrong (yeah)
Are you waiting (waiting) you know sometimes a girl must move alonggg
(heya-heya-heyaaa)
Are you waiting (waiting) waiting for sometthing that's wrong.
It's wrong, it's wrong
(yeah).
Are you waiting (waiting) waiting for something that's wrong.
Ooh it's wrong, it's
[echoing-wrong]
Con todo corazon canto esto para ti , Mis raices nunca se me olvidaron´
Me , americano , de Nacimiento , pero Latino Cien por Ciento
esto no es tema politico , sabes bien que no creemos en racismo.
es un mensaje para el esfuerzo , a mi cultura y al movimiento hardcore
esto es para mi gente siempre presente , para toda la gente siempre presente
para todos en Sur America , en el caribe y en España , tengan orgullo , esto es suyo
griten duro es mi vida , esto es para mi gente siempre presente
para toda la gente ahora y siempre
Never thought I'd see the day
When somebody got inside and caught my heart this way
Didn't fit in with my masterplan
And I can't believe that this is where I am
Oh maybe I was living life just fine
Friends and family would always occupy my time
And suddenly out of the blue...
There was You.
No one in this world can take the place of you
And that's 100% you got me
100% you got me
Oh baby, baby,
I was made to fill that empty space in you
And that's 100% you got me
100 you got me
Others in my past have tried for commitment
But they always found themselves denied
Love and I were incompatible
But now what you've done to me is magical
Oh baby I was so afraid of hurt
I did everything to put myself on full alert
But you broke those barriers of pain
I breathe again.
No one in this world can take the place of you
And that's 100% you got me
100% you got me
Oh baby, baby,
I was made to fill that empty space in you
And that's 100% you got me
100 you got me
Love surely hit the spot
And didn't wait to see if I was ready or not
It opened up a world I thought I'd never live in
You and I, a new beginning
How could I ever let you go?
I'm wishing on a future I could never have known
You and I
No one in this world can take the place of you
And that's 100% you got me
100% you got me
Oh baby, baby,
I was made to fill that empty space in you
And that's 100% you got me
she got a one track mind
by day, all night
she just wanna make love to me
she tells me all the time and that's all alright
because i like how she ride with me
Calls when she wakes,gives you space in your day
Might send a quick message, just to make sure im okay
And thats all real she cares how i feel
I Ain't mad at someday that loves me
Soo...imma keep you
I get stress out when every body else shows (shows)
i need you through the stress in habit get it, like the
way you do me
i like knowing the way how she feels about me
Thats why? shes wifey
i love that she keeps it one hundred
one hundred ( x2 )
i love that she keeps it one hundred
shes out shoppin' in london
i trust her, i dont worry about nothin'
She keep it
one hundred ( x2 )
i love that she keep it one hundred
Its not just physical play
real talk everyday
We can have fun
laying up at my place
When she dress up she got execellent taste
i love it when she take down, down to the lace
Louy Vitton on her feet
Rare breed on her leash
My girl only wears gucci when she sleeps
i-i-i love how she feels because thats how i feel
she aint the only one keepin it real
Soo...imma keep you
I get stress out when every body else shows (shows)
i need you-ou-ou through the stress in habit get it,
like the way you do me
i like knowing the way how she feels about me
Thats why? shes wifey
i love that she keeps it one hundred
one hundred ( x2 )
i love that she keeps it one hundred
shes out shoppin' in london (london)
i trust her, i dont worry about nothin'
She keep it
one hundred ( x2 )
i love that she keep it one hundred
i like knowing the way how she feels about me
Thats why? shes wifey
i love that she keeps it
one hundred ( x3 )
i love that she keeps it one hundred
Shes out clubbing,with her girlfriends
i trust her, i dont worry about nothin'
because she keeps it
one hundred ( x2 )
i love that she keeps it one hundred
she dont always tell me yes-sss
when im wrong
i lied on my chest
And one touch makes me strong
Ayeeee the connection that we had
Is one that i never had
It's like your from another planet
And i wont take you for grant
(i love knowing the way how she feels about me)
thats why? shes wifey
i love that she keeps it one hundred
one hundred (x2)
i love that she keep it one hundred
shes out shoppin' in london (london)
i trust her, i dont worry about nothin'
(i dont have to worry about my girl because i know
she gonna keep it one hundred)
She keep it one hundred
one hundred ( x2 )
(feat. Tony Sunshine)
[Tony Sunshine]
Ooooooooooohhhhh.. Puerto Rico
[Big Punisher]
Toma
[Chorus: Tony Sunshine]
[Pronto llegara]
el dia de mi suerte
te lo juro por mi gente
te juro que un dia llegara
And we won't stop
We always knew we'd make it
Even though you player hated
we still made it to the top
[Big Punisher]
Puerto Rock Puro, not Menudo no I'm not the one
I'm studyin Judo, you don't know if I got a gun
It's Pun, from the X side of things, baguette inside my rings
Everything I want I gets, bada-BING
It's mine I Shyne like money that sound like Biggie
Fuck around my town, Boogie Down my city
Come around get pound, to the ground no pity
Watch the sound, fo'-pound twenty round milli'
Get smacked silly, for coming out your mug
I'm known for bouncin thugs from the Tunnel to the Salsa clubs
Don't matter, put the chrome to your bladder
Splatter your abs, have you pissin in a plastic bag
That's a drag now you abnormal
Don't make me go out to rumble,
and put some motherfuckin stabs on you
The night is young and I'm already fightin hidin my gun
Promoter buggin screamin, "Who the fuck invited Pun"
[Chorus]
[Big Punisher]
From San Juan to Bayamon, I'm the Don Juan beside the Don
Live long, get your party on
Don't let the liquor fool you, cause I'll stick it to you
Somethin sharp to the heart, or somethin big to move you
The Desert or the shottie, whateva you the body
that chose to be the dumb nigga at the party
Too much Bacardi started speakin dumb
Then you tried to snuff Joe - must have been Puerto Rican rum
That's the hardcore, two years a sophomore
Takes years to earn a pair of Terror Squad balls
So get lost or take one, bones I break them
Pigs are bacon, so get fried if they come
You see that I'm like G. Rap, 'Pac, Master P
all balled up with a twist of Marc Anthony
Recognize me I'm the one that's cockin the auto
Tony Sunshine please canten el coro
[Chorus]
[Tony] It ain't over
[Pun] I thought you ain't like the beat
[Tony] Te digo que no se ha acabao
[Tony Sunshine]
La tierra del Borinquen donde nacido yo
aha aha aha aha..
Es un jardin florido de magico primor
aha aha aha aha aha aha aha...
Un cielo siempre nitido, que sirve de dosel
y dan arrullos placidos, las olas a sus pies
[Chorus]
[Frankie Cutlass sample]
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
Sure as a circle
Just keeps coming round
Sure as we've reached
The speed of sound
Sure as the sun will rise
In the morning sky
We'll never say it, never say goodbye
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Just as there's beauty
In everyday things
There is joy universal
When the bird sings
As sure as there's changes
We will all stay the same
The immortal pose
Just pictures in a frame
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Show me amore
Trust in every sign
So be gone the space between us
There's no doubt in heart and mind
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Je t'adore
Now I know it will be
A hundred percent certainty
I'm giving you more
You can be sure
A hundred percent
Sure as a circle
Just keeps coming round
The speed of sound
Sure as the sun will rise
In the morning sky
We'll never say it, never say goodbye
Never say goodbye
When I'm blowin out the candles
And when people start to sing
I will always cross my fingers tight
I remember everything
But I always make my wishes
For the same thing everytime
If I live to be one hundred
If I ever it getting right
My mind is racing with thoughts
And the songs that never end
And I prayed to God last night
Just before I went to bed
Even now I can't remember
A single word He said
If I live to be one hundred
If I get it through my head
I always think about you
And I have to close my eyes
If I live to be one hundred
Will I ever cross your mind
When you close your eyes at night
And you rise above your life
Do you notice there's an empty space
Where I wasn't by your side
Because I always dream about you
Every time I close my eyes
If I live to be one hundred
Will I ever cross your mind
I always make my wishes
For same thing every time
If I live to be one hundred
[Tony Sunshine]
Ooooooooooohhhhh.. Puerto Rico
[Big Punisher]
Toma
Chorus: Tony Sunshine
Cuando llegara
el dia de mi suerte
te lo juro por mi gente
te juro que un dia llegara
And we won't stop
We always knew we'd make it
Even though you player hated
we still made it to the top
[Big Punisher]
Puerto Rock Budo, not Menudo no I'm not the one
I'm studyin Judo, you don't know if I got a gun
It's Pun, from the X side of things, baguette inside my rings
Everything I want I gets, bada-BING
It's mine I shine like money that sound like Biggie
Fuck around my town, Boogie Down my city
Come around get pound, to the ground no pity
Watch the sound, fo'-pound twenty round milli'
Get smacked silly, for coming out your mug
I'm known for bouncin thugs from the Tunnel to the Salsa clubs
Don't matter, put the chrome to your bladder
Splatter your abs, have you pissin in a plastic bag
That's a drag now you abnormal
Don't make me go out to rumble,
and put some motherfuckin stabs on you
The night is young and I'm already fightin hidin my gun
Promoter buggin screamin, "Who the fuck invited Pun?"
Chorus
[Big Punisher]
From San Juan to Bajamon, I'm the Don Juan beside the Don
Live long, get your party on
Don't let the liquor fool you, cause I'll stick it to you
Somethin sharp to the heart, or somethin big to move you
The Desert or the shottie, whateva you the body
that chose to be the dumb nigga at the party
Too much Bacardi started speakin dumb
Then you tried to snuff Joe - must have been Puerto Rican rum
That's the hardcore, two years a sophomore
Takes years to earn a pair of Terror Squad balls
So get lost or take one, bones I break them
Pigs are bacon, so get fried if they come
You see that? I'm like G. Rap, 'Pac, Master P
all balled up with a twist of Marc Anthony
Recognize me I'm the one that cock in the auto
Tony Sunshine please canten el coro
Chorus
[Tony] It ain't over
[Pun] I thought you ain't like the beat
[Tony] Te digo que no se ha acabao
[Tony Sunshine]
La tierra del Borinquen donde nacido yo
aha aha aha aha..
Es un jardin florido de magico fulgor
aha aha aha aha aha aha aha...
Un cielo siempre nitido, le serve de dosel
y dan arrullos placidos, las olas a sus pies
Chorus
[Frankie Cutlass sample]
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
A Puerto Rico..
[Kid Ink]
Yeah
You know I gotta keep it (100)
(100) lets get it
Ok, I-I'm so fly I feel like a swan
My time is money, ring me alone
Flip it to the ceiling watch it do a somersault
Niggas say they run shit, I just see it running out
Done it all, under the sun ain't nothing new
Coming through the west side, looking for the W
Still on that bullshit, I can't even utter you
Money's all I talk got a pocket full of honeydew
That'll make honey do anything I wanna,
Take her by the head, stone cold stunner, uh, baby
Rocking like the wire, high out my mind, I'm a frequent flier
It's CB and Tha Alumni got them hoes standing at attention like a drumline
Keep it 100 I would take all of you combined
Kid Ink but I do it big, plus size
[Hook]
G-G-Get it how I live it, come faster than I could spend it (spend it)
Money to the ceiling (ceiling), bitch I'm in the building
I-I-Ima giant in a room full of midgets (tell em)
Money talk so don't say nothing unless you talkin' bizness
100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go)
100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go)
Let me count this money, 1 million, 2 million
Put this up for up my new car, save that for my baby mama
And all you bums can keep the change
[Kevin McCall]
Beats I be serving, Saks Fifth splurging
Diamonds got so many cuts call my jeweler the surgeon
Ain't nobody fucking with me label me the virgin
I'm hot b-b-burning, like when you leave a perm in
Everywhere I go these hoes be digging in they purses for a Sharpie
Cause they tryin' get the autograph person
Little bit of coke mix with a lot of bourbon
Got your boy leaning sorry if my words slurin'
Swervin' in that DV9 on purpose
The roof disappear call it magic like Irvin Johnson
G-get up off my johnson, no more ridin' dick shawty this ain't magic mountain
I've been (killing) killing every song that I been spitting on
And if I ain't spitting, bet it's something that I written on
Can't even say it was a long road getting on
Only took a year and a half and now I'm shitting on
[Hook]
G-G-Get it how I live it, come faster than I could spend it (spend it)
Money to the ceiling (ceiling), bitch I'm in the building
I-I-Ima giant in a room full of midgets (tell em)
Money talk so don't say nothing unless you talkin' bizness
100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go)
100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go)
[Chris Brown]
Yeah, I got them bullet proof ray bans so haters never in my head
Money hungry good for me, yeah I call it wheat bread
Ladies say I'm long strokin' yeah that's what she said
Crib like a castle so I'm fucking on that king spread
Big balling, fuck a loft, and money turn me on
So I had to fuck it off, skinny ass niggas pockets looking so bulimic
And I'm never spill my drink, you can call me Tempur-Pedic
Allergic to the haters, addicted to the money
If you watching while I'm laughing cause all of you niggas funny
And they call me Action Jackson cause every d-day I'm stunting
And I'm writing hit songs like it's nothing
So nigga you bugging, fronting
What you think this is hoe?
Paparazzi trying to pop me everywhere that Chris go
Never been no sucker no lame mad nigga
And your flow is watered down than a drain ass nigga
[Hook]
G-G-Get it how I live it, come faster than I could spend it (spend it)
Money to the ceiling (ceiling), bitch I'm in the building
I-I-Ima giant in a room full of midgets (tell em)
Money talk so don't say nothing unless you talkin' bizness
100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go), 100 percent (I go)
Ей, ей, ей т'ва е яко дай жега, дай,
май стана време да изригнем?
Всички мои хора са готови,
DJ, аре градуса да вдигнем!
Дамите са луди, тая вечер ми налитат,
пак ще ги газя!
Чак толкова ли трябваше да пия,
що не ходя вече, ами лазя?
Виш, афиш, виш мой знак,
като враг ти си ми на друг бряк.
Кефи ме обаче кинти да надуват
джоба ми като BigMac.
Хлопа ли дъската ми?!
Хапе ли устата ми?!
Има ли причина тая вечер
да не мина абослютно всяк'ви граници?!
Припев:
Кой е на 100%, точно във момента?
Вдига се адреналина, рина и цимента!
Кой е на 100%, точно във момента?
Има ли причина да не мина степен n-та?
Мама ти я няма бейби, дай, дай,
покажи ми още танци,
вече си голяма, бейби, ей, шш,
не ми викай "Хулиган си!".
Винаги съм бил пич със стил,
аре питай всичките ми бройки,
к'во като в училище често
набиваха ми без брой 2-ки?!
Хммм, като хищник съм,
'щото е разгара на турнето,
скъпа ти си ми една от всичките
направени мишени на решето!
На чужд терен съм, обаче зареден съм!
Ей т'ва е гъзария, иде ми да се разбия,
бла, бла, стига вече дрън, дрън!
Припев:
Кой е на 100%, (на 100%)
точно във момента? (във момента)
Вдига се адреналина, рина и цимента!
Кой е на 100%, точно във момента?
Има ли причина да не мина степен n-та?
(х2):
Много яко ми се друса,
сигнало руса ми се друса!
Да не би да мина в другото ниво пич,
да не би да скива НЛО, а?
Хюстън, имаме проблем, стоката лети,
спря тока бе мен!
Повече от 5 години редя рими патенце,
мина времето, когато бях грозно патенце.
Виж кой се задава насреща,
виж кой ще направи луд екшън.
Припев: (х2)
(х2):
Много яко ми се друса,
сигнало руса ми се друса!
Step on it, I beg you please
It's 100°, I'm on my knees
If the one you blow is the one you show
So then you know I'm right
There's been a place built for you
Sit by the fire, tell me truth
Don't blind my eyes, turn them blue
And then I'll dry my face on you
Step on, I beg you please
It's 100°, so I freeze
Drowning in that ice I fly
It's a great white place and the heat's diseased
There's been a place built for you
Sit by the fire, tell me truth
Don't blind my eyes, turn them blue
And then I'll dry my face on you
100°
100°
Girl when my heart beats to your groove
One hundred times per second proves
That your love must be the fastest that I had
And every time yhou call my name
I thank the lord
Casue man I date
The smartest girl that I have ever met
Deep is my devotion
A hundred pretty motions baby
I want you
The good thing of a purpose is
That all the while you run the race
You never feel you're runing out of breath
My purpose is to stay with you and live our lives till they are through
I hope that no bad luck will leave us sad
Deep is my devotion
A hundred pretty motions baby
I want you.
M. B. L. A. Q right now stronger stop lego
You can't stop me now wahnbyeokhan nae-ga
I'll ma-ge'em say wow neol cheombon sunkan nan baro neokda-un
You locked on switch on geobu mothaneun black ho-re
I'm getting stronger stronger stronger naneun 100%
Majimang nameun neoye 1% ni-ga isseoya naneun wahnbyeo-khae
Soksapo gateun jab jab jab shimjangeun gung kung kung
Neoramyeon mwodeun da ikyeo nan hangsang 100%
Nobody can't can't can't stop me you you complete me you are my destiny
Nobody can't can't can't stop me you you complete me neon naman ttarawah neon naye 100%
Neol wiihaeseoramyeon oh nan meomchul su eop-seo
Wonhaneun geon neoppuniya keu nu-gudo neol daeshin hal su eop-seo
Sumi makhyeowah neol bomyeon nae-ga michil keot kata
Neol kanneun sunkan nan baro neokda-un
Moksum keol-koseo nan neoreul jikyeo taeyangeul bicho nan chungjeon baekpeuro
I'm getting stronger stronger stronger naneun 100%
Majimang nameun neoye 1% ni-ga isseoya naneun wahnbyeo-khae
Soksapo gateun jab jab jab shimjangeun gung kung kung
Neoramyeon mwodeun da ikyeo nan hangsang 100%
Nobody can't can't can't stop me you you complete me you are my destiny
Nobody can't can't can't stop me you you complete me neon naman ttarawah neon naye 100%
Yeah now you can see that you complete me and beca-use of you
I'm fu-ll recharge... black percent I'm stronger now
Majimang nameun neoye 1% ni-ga isseoya naneun wahnbyeo-khae
Soksapo gateun jab jab jab shimjangeun gung kung kung
Neoramyeon mwodeun da ikyeo nan hangsang 100%
Nobody can't can't can't stop me you you complete me you are my destiny
Who's next? It's gonna be, it's gonna be trouble
And tonight I'm telling you honestly, yes, honestly
By the time you get on the bus, love is no more
And you'll turn your head away from everything you've loved at the door
I am always right, yes, I am always right
When I saw the reflection in the mirror, I knew it would be tonight
And I'm so happy, oh, so happy, then again I always am
But I can't hide the tears in my eyes from the night we never had
And over the seas it's gotta be at least a hundred degrees
And in my room it's gotta be at least a thousand degrees
And where am I? Oh, oh, I know it sounds stupid but it sounds about it
In my room it's gotta be at least a hundred, a hundred degrees
I know everything, yes, I know everything
When I saw you behind the corner you asked me, yes, I saw everything
But I'm so happy, oh, so happy, then again I always am
And I can't hide the tears in my eyes from the night we never had
And over the seas it's gotta be at least a hundred degrees
And in my room it's gotta be at least a thousand degrees
And where am I? Oh, oh, I know it sounds stupid but it sounds about it
In my room it's gotta be at least a hundred, a hundred degrees
And over the seas it's gotta be at least a hundred degrees
And in my room it's gotta be at least a thousand degrees
And where am I? Oh, oh, I know it sounds stupid but it sounds about it
In my room oh, oh, it's gotta be at least a hundred, a hundred degrees
Something to say,
When you're so far away,
And everything flies right by,
Like a dream.
You're stuck in your tracks,
There's no turning back,
I wish I could pull you close,
Inside of me.
Girl if it's alright,
100%.
It's intellectual, I want to let you know,
I won't let you go until you say please.
How could you forget,
The way that we met,
The street corner lights on fire,
Like a dream.
And since you've been gone,
It's been to each his own,
We'll never be side by side,
Or so it seems.
Girl if it's alright,
100%.
It's intellectual, I want to let you know,
I won't let you go until you say please.
One hundred percent
I'm giving it my all
This might be my last chance
To show the world what I've got
And prove it to myself
One hundred percent
One hundred percent
Step by step
If I want things to work
I'll make it myself
Some people have to learn
To live the hard way
Others know to play the game
From day to day
All you have to do
Is believe in yourself
Step by step
Step by step
When I give
One hundred percent
One hundred percent
I'm giving it my all
No telling what you can do
When you find the strength
To carry through
What you've started
One hundred percent
One hundred percent
Day by day
If you want things to work
Depend on no one
To stand and stare
Is giving it all up
You want these things to work
You make it yourself
All you have to do
Is believe in yourself
Step by step
Day by day
I wouldn't want it
Any other way
Step by step
Step by step
When I give
[Hook]
100, 100, 100, 100 (x8)
You know I keep it (x4)
[Pusha T]
My life is but a dream pullin' cars up
Told you motherfuckers keys open doors up
Never excited when I'm seen with something gorgeous
But highway miles on these bitches like a tour bus
Daddy Warbucks, without a born trust
Diamonds all on this black gold like an oil rush
The highest quality, the chains are all flush
Known Jacobs since the nineties so he spoils us
Stock spoilers, no kits on 'em
Why Panamera, nine-eleve shits on 'em
Chuck the deuce as I Tokyo drift on 'em
The top drops like there's Bangladesh heat on 'em
[Hook]
100, 100, 100, 100, you never keep it (x4)
[Jadakiss]
Yo, get yourself a hundred years tryin' to be the boss
Stand next to the chandeliers, you could see the shards
Ain't no diamonds in the watch, but you see the cross
When you spoon feed them that dope they need it more
All night, sweet sails
Four pipes, V twelves
Yeah, you know what them grams do
Bad bitch with me that the industry ain't ran through
Na, I ain't stop hustling yet, but I plan to
Own a bunch of vehicles and a bunch of land too
Yeah and I love it when the rush come
Ain't no secret that I keep it ninety-nine plus one
[Hook x2]
100, 100, 100, 100, you know I keep it
100, 100, 100, 100, you never keep it
[Mr. Bangladesh]
Y'all niggas fifty-fifty I keep it a hundred
I spit the truth in interviews, I keep it one hundred
I'm the shit, smell the fumes, my nigga we plungin'
And the 808s on a leash, they say it's a monster
Got my own label, fucked around and signed myself
Had a plan and stuck to it, you fuckboys is stuck boy
Bangladesh new shit ropin' like a cowboy
On my Tony Romo shit, you niggas just some towel boys
Tell the whole world to suck my cockiness
My checks eight figures like a octopus
Three hundred thou for the watch and rocky shit
These other niggas fakin' and I ain't afraid to say I keep it
[Hook x2]
[2 Chainz]
A hundred miles and running, nigga with an attitude
Bitch I'm so fly, you should check the altitude
I'm ballin', ballin' like an alley-oop
My girl heel so high she need a parachute
Get 'em, I got 'em let me at 'em
My condo on Jupiter, my neighbors on Saturn
Murcielago, flow with some eye candy
I go to trial Monday, I been takin' panties
Hundred degrees in the mic booth
I'm from where you put golds on the white tooth
And when you walk in and she might look
Might get took, might get fucked
A bunch of bitches in the skip line
I'm known to get mine ten out of ten times
I paid a hundred thousand for the old school
Known to keep it one hundred on the Pro Tools
I'm on the radio
I wanna show you the light of fire
Follow me over the world tonite
I'm ready
Take me baby get my fire
I don't wanna play alone
Are u ready to have some fun
Now I wanna count with you
I really wanna be free
It's like a sun into your life
I'm gettin' crazy
Moonlight shining on you baby
I wanna sing it for you
It's like a sun into your life
I'm gettin' crazy
Moonlight shining on you baby
Now is the time to go
Show you can follow me with desire
Over and over get wild tonite