Eight-time Olympic medalist Usain Bolt was an unstoppable force during his prime. The fastest in history, besides setting world records that still stand today, messed with his opponent’s minds even before the starting gun. One of Bolt’s on-track arch rivals Justin Gatlin revealed how effortlessly Bolt impacted the mindset of elite sprinters.
You may be under the impression that every race against the legend was a calculated affair. While that was true, Gatlin revealed that in those crucial seconds before the race kicked off, it was all about taking the lead. “I was thinking like… ‘Somehow, I gotta keep this mother f***er behind me.’” Gatlin told Rodney Green Thats because even the slightest mistake against the Jamaican would prove costly every time.
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