HE'S still young. Wrote off his BMW. Got criticised for taking sides in the Gaza-Gully war. And yes, he's not quite as media savvy as last year's winner of TIME magazine's Person of the Year, a one Barack Obama.
However, the magnitude of his success, spanning the Olympics and World Champs in 2008 and 2009: destroying his own world records and still with years ahead of him, have brought immeasurable pride to a small nation.
Like Obama winning the Nobel Prize they'd surely be similar criticisms had Bolt won the TIME award (for once he was only a runner-up). But considering...
It's been a rough 2009, in Jamaica and the rest of the world. But thinking about Bolt's spine-tingling sprints in Berlin and watching him onstage, delivering pure elation to his country, offers at least a speck of comfort.
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