As by now the entire universe knows, Jamaica’s superhuman sprinter Usain Bolt did one of the most amazing doubles in sports history – he won both the 100 and 200 meter dashes, justifiably owning the title of the fastest man on the planet. He did it in his own style, throwing in a little gully creeper (a popular Jamaican dance) after winning both races in world record time. But there’s always someone to take a black man down and this time, it's International Olympic Committee president, Jacque Rogge, who criticized Bolt’s celebration by saying “That’s not the way we perceive being a champion. You don’t do that.”
Well, “we” do. I can’t be mad at a 22-year-old Jamaican man who trained long hours on some hot-ass Jamaican track to celebrate his physics-defying win. I can’t be mad at a black man who defies the common Jamaican stereotypes (Rasta, baby daddy, lazy coconut-head, whatever insult you want to add here) and earns his living on his own athletic prowess and drive to succeed. When Michael Phelps celebrated his hard-earned win by pumping his fists and jumping around the pool area, people saw his exuberance as part of his right as a champion. Who cares what the white or French man in this case thinks when you’ve worked so hard for what many saw as an unattainable goal?
If Bolt wanted to celebrate by bringing Elephant Man, Yellowman and Sean Paul on the field to do to the gully creeper with him, so damn what? In fact, they WERE playing reggae music in the stadium, so Bolt probably just did what felt natural when you’re happy and oh, by the way, you just set another world record and it’s the day before your birthday.
Rogge also said Bolt didn’t congratulate the other winners. That’s just a damn lie. Bolt and good friend Wallace Spearmon were running around the stadium together after Bolt’s win until Spearmon was disqualified for running outside his lane.
Give it up to JA people, they beat our asses and apparently did so fair and square. Somewhere, Jamaican runner Merlene Ottey, the most decorated female track athlete ever, who may now get the bronze medal she deserved since Marion Jones’ Sydney 100 m results were thrown out, is smiling. Jones, of course, is watching this Olympics from federal prison. Haters, back up.
-Hellifiknow