I Am Bolt

Man and his dreams.

Since the beginning of mankind, man has been pushing himself

past great limits, beyond his wildest imagination,

to find himself in a place that he never thought he'd be.

Physical strength, magnificent speed, the human spirit.

The human mind should never be underestimated.

See, some of us are born to do great things.

To inspire.

To run.

Everyone runs for different reasons,

but no one in the history of humanity has run as fast as Usain Bolt.

They get away first time, Tyson Gay right alongside Usain Bolt,

but here he goes, streaking away already.

Let's take a look at the clock. 9.58. New world record!

Away cleanly. Bolt has got a very good start indeed.

Look at the gap between him and the rest of the world.

Three meters clear. Five meters clear. And away he goes.

He continues on his way towards another gold medal. Watch the clock.

19.19. Bolt destroys his old world record.

He writes his own history with every stride that he takes.

He has defied what science or normal people says no one is supposed to do.

For his height they said he shouldn't be running so fast,

or for where he's from, they're saying he shouldn't be who he is.

So he represent "don't let everybody tell you you can't."

"Don't let anybody tell you don't dream."

People love sports throughout the world.

You support one football team and you hate the other team.

I think with Usain, everyone loves him everywhere.

He goes beyond boundaries of race, religion, politics.

Usain Bolt bring rhythm to athletics. It wasn't there before.

Everybody took it too serious, maybe because they had to.

He don't have to do that. Naturally, naturally a champion.

If you've gotten to see him on TV, consider yourself lucky.

If you've gotten a chance to see him run live,

consider yourself very, very blessed.

He's dominated. He's won everything there is to win.

If he goes on and he's three-times Olympic champion,

I mean, no one can top that.

He'll never be forgotten because no one's ever done it before,

and for him to just take command

and to be that much better than everyone else is unbelievable.

He has to believe in himself and trust God, because he born for this.

Yo. It's my last day in Monaco.

About to get ready to go to China right now, Beijing.

Iron my shirt.

Once more, one more season.

They say I'm the underdog, so let's see what happens about that.

Almost done ironing.

Oh, shit.

Should be a little tricky this season.

I haven't been in the best of shape, but for me that's never an excuse.

I seem to always get injured throughout the season,

but I always find a way to get it right, so...

I have all faith in God and my coach that they will get me ready,

and as long as I'm ready when I'm on the line,

there's no stopping me.

This is the moment. Are you ready? I keep asking myself that.

Been a long season. It's been rough for me.

It's been tough, a few people doubting me, saying, "You're not gonna do it,"

or "Gatlin's running better, Gatlin is the best right now."

I think this season, because Gatlin was running so good,

it was playing on my mind a little bit more.

Bolt, the holder of the championship record.

The only blemish was when he false started

in the final in Daegu four years ago.

Usain is in the first semi, so we expect him to execute and get into the finals.

The gun went.

And I remember the young kid which was near me got a flying start.

This kind of threw me off a little bit, so I stumbled.

I was like, "Yo, shit."

He's stumbled.

I looked up and I panicked.

I need to get back in this race as quickly as possible.

Usain Bolt has got an awful lot of work to do.

China is there. Is he gonna make the top two?

He has a look, and just, just, just does it.

Ran through the line, all I could think is, like,

"Dear God, please don't let this happen in the final."

Not the way he would have liked to have done it, but he's in the final.

Coming back to the warm-up area,

I keep telling myself it's just one start, just the one bad start.

You're OK. You ran back well. That's a positive.

I tried to motivate myself by telling myself these things.

And my coach came to me,

he never really says much to me, but he called me over and says...

What the hell is going on out there? You're trying too hard.

You're making the pressure get to you.

You need to relax, calm, and take control of the situation.

You are the champion.

The race is not won at 30 meters, at 40 meters.

And that, for me, really helped when he said that.

It kinda released my mind, let me relax a little bit more.

It's just a matter of you going out there and taking charge, as a champion,

and give a champion performance.

I think Usain Bolt has just given us all almost heart failure.

He'll need to step it up a gear, because Justin Gatlin did look good.

Shocking news from the American track and field camp involving Justin Gatlin,

the doping scandal continues.

But why are you on top now at 33?

I have training partners like Isiah Young

to come out and train, who's a young star.

The long-term effect of steroids...

Do you think you can benefit from this, even if you are clean now?

I think it's ridiculous. Why are you asking these questions?

That happened a decade ago. You're not a history major.

A lot of people don't believe your story.

- 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! He's saved his title!

He's saved his reputation! He may have even saved his sport!

That's the win...

He's been celebrated so much more than most others for so many reasons.

That is one of the great historic moments in the history of sprinting.

Everyone has a responsibility.

Gatlin gets a good start. He's already up on Zharnel Hughes.

At this point in time, my responsibility is make that dude run fast.

Usain Bolt is up. He has a lead over Gatlin.

Can the American come back?

It's an honor to be able to come out here and put on a great show.

Justin Gatlin is trying to close, but Bolt's already smiling.

Dare we ever doubt him?

The legend just grows and grows.

What up, people? I'm here. Usain Bolt.

Usain Bolt is just unstoppable.

World champion four times in the 200 meters. That's what I do.

Mr Bolt.

- Address me right. - Usain Bolt!

Did we ever dare doubt he would produce yet another double?

Get things done. What ya laughing for?

Ah, you did well.

- We can start planning. - Me know, man.

It's not as fun as it used to be.

The older I get, the less fun it is,

because it takes up more of your time and you have to sacrifice a lot more.

Normally I could just party for a while, enjoy myself, still train hard and good,

but the older you get, you can't party as much.

Gotta cut back on going out, drinking...

I gotta start eating proper, go to bed early, stuff like that, and it's...

For me it's no fun and I hate doing something that I don't really enjoy,

so I just want to get back into the real world, you know what I mean?

Just hang out with some people I know, just not train for, like, two days,

put my foot up, laugh, just chill, you know what I mean?

Go to bed very late, just to chill out and just be me

and just to be like a human again, pretty much.

Just rollin' around in the airport.

Watch it, watch it, watch it.

Almost crashed.

Going home. Back to Jamaica.

Big up, big up, big up, big up, big up.

Mr Coach Mills, how are you feeling after a long, grueling season?

I'm feeling great.