I Am Bolt Page #2

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- Are you a history major?

- I was a history major.

Good. Really good. Then maybe you should

go do that in a museum or something.

I think we've never seen, probably,

a closer encounter for Usain

than we're gonna see tonight

in this stadium.

Gatlin is making 9.7 and change

look easy, comfortably. Strolling.

I get into the warm-up area,

and I looked across at Justin Gatlin,

and I could see the fear in his face.

And he keeps talking to me.

He's saying "yo" and dapping my fist.

And I'm like,

why are we having a conversation?

It's proper rivalry right now.

There's no reason for us to be talking.

Like we are, like,

pretty much the two guys

who are gonna go head-to-head right now.

But the fact that he kept doing that

kind of made me go,

hmm, you're not so confident.

With all the setbacks and

the injury concerns, it's a tall order.

Half of this crowd here

thinks he may lose tonight.

Gosh, I don't even wanna think about it,

I don't even wanna say it because...

I don't know. The sport will be in

a very sad place if that should happen.

We have two guys that's capable

of doing remarkable things.

And when you finally get 'em head-to-head

and go run out here in front of the world,

there's gonna be fireworks,

it's gonna be something special.

Gatlin always walk down...

And then Usain would do a little bit of...

And depending on the crowd's reaction,

he would just...

He came out, and in the back

of his head he's like,

"Oh, God, I wonder if he's ready."

I'm ready.

The Bird's Nest is where, in 2008,

Usain Bolt was crowned sprint king.

Seven years on, is the same venue

about to witness his abdication?

Has Justin Gatlin

and the rest of the world

finally caught the sprint king,

Usain Bolt?

He'll start in five, Gatlin in seven.

American record holder Tyson Gay in six.

Set.

Gun went. I got a good start.

I was like, "Yo, this is good."

Just drive through your drive phases,

drive through, drive through.

At 30 meter I'm like, "Hold on."

"I'm in this race."

I'm like, "Yo, I'm right there."

Gatlin's been running all season

by himself,

but can you handle the pressure

when, at 50 meter,

there's still somebody right there?

We hit 60 meters, and me and Justin,

we start pulling away from the pack.

At 80 meters, I see him

start falling over, and I'm, like,

all I keep telling myself is,

"Listen, do not panic."

Just run through the line

and time this dip because...

because he's falling over and I'm like,

yo, just time this dip perfectly.

Do not dip, do not dip,

and I'm telling myself, do not dip.

I lean. I saw Gatlin, I was like, mm-hmm.

...together here,

it's Gatlin... Here comes Usain Bolt!

And Bolt gets this! Usain Bolt!

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