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Nugent Walker
Usain lives in Jamaica's capital, Kingston. He lives here in the house which he shares with a group of mates, including his childhood friend NJ.
Bolt Home Usain hasn't always lived in Kingston. He grew up three hours away in Jamaica's rural North West. The fastest man in the world was born in the sleepy village of Sherwood Content, where time seems to have stood still.
Usain Bolt "It's wonderful in the morning, that's why a love going back home. Its peaceful, you can relax, breathe in some fresh air."
The Bolt family still live in the house where Usain was born on 21 August, 1986. Wellesley Bolt "When Usain was born, I was happy that he was a boy, of course. I always wanted a boy then."
Jennifer Bolt "He was big. He was a big baby. He weighed 9.5lbs."
Usain didn't always want to be an athlete. As a child, he had a different passion.
Nugent Walker "When we were growing up, cricket was his sport. Brian Lara, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose. It was a passion."
Wellesley Bolt "He did want to be a cricketer. He played cricket and tracks at primary school. But we decided the future, and we said, well… I think it is best for him to do tracks."
2001 World Youth Championships - Debrecen, Hungary July 14th 
Usain Bolt in Hungary Ed Barnes, sports consultant "He didn't look like the rest of the youngsters. Just the way he was built, he looked different than the others. He was taller than them, very skinny. He stood out from the crowd."
Following his father's advice, Usain turned his back on his first love, cricket, and focused his energies on sprinting. In 2001, aged just 14, he entered his first international competition in Hungary.
Bolt won the heats but was eliminated in the semi-final. The defeat didn't matter. Bolt had proved what his father believed, that he had huge potential as a printer.
Usain Bolt in Hungary Ed Barnes, sports consultant "He didn't look like the rest of the youngsters. Just the way he was built, he looked different than the others. He was taller than them, very skinny. He stood out from the crowd."
Following his father's advice, Usain turned his back on his first love, cricket, and focused his energies on sprinting. In 2001, aged just 14, he entered his first international competition in Hungary.
Bolt won the heats but was eliminated in the semi-final. The defeat didn't matter. Bolt had proved what his father believed, that he had huge potential as a printer.
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica July 19
His talent on the track didn't go unnoticed. The next year, he was selected for the world Junior Championships in Kingston. Just 15, Bolt lined up against athletes 3 to 4 years his senior.
Wellesley Bolt "He didn't want to go because he said he just didn't think he could beat those guys, you know? But he was persuaded by his grandmother and his mother."
Jennifer Bolt "He started to cry and we told him that he shouldn't worry about that. He's going out there and whatever he's done, we'll accept it. He dried up his tears and the next morning he was out. The crowd started to roar and everybody was just shouting 'Bolt! Bolt!'"
A Pensive Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt "I became the lightning bolt of the world. That was still and will always be my greatest moment., that was my first move, a salute to the crowd. People love it. I remember everything about it."
That race won him instant national recognition. Overnight, Bolt became the new star of Jamaican sprinting.
The Champs The Jamaican Boys and Girls Championships, better known as the Champs. Described as the world's finest talent-sporting event, this inter-schools competition has been putting young Jamaican athletes to the test for over 100 years. Bolt arrives at the Champs to meet his biggest fans.
His talent on the track didn't go unnoticed. The next year, he was selected for the world Junior Championships in Kingston. Just 15, Bolt lined up against athletes 3 to 4 years his senior.
Wellesley Bolt "He didn't want to go because he said he just didn't think he could beat those guys, you know? But he was persuaded by his grandmother and his mother."
Jennifer Bolt "He started to cry and we told him that he shouldn't worry about that. He's going out there and whatever he's done, we'll accept it. He dried up his tears and the next morning he was out. The crowd started to roar and everybody was just shouting 'Bolt! Bolt!'"
A Pensive Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt "I became the lightning bolt of the world. That was still and will always be my greatest moment., that was my first move, a salute to the crowd. People love it. I remember everything about it."
That race won him instant national recognition. Overnight, Bolt became the new star of Jamaican sprinting.
The Champs The Jamaican Boys and Girls Championships, better known as the Champs. Described as the world's finest talent-sporting event, this inter-schools competition has been putting young Jamaican athletes to the test for over 100 years. Bolt arrives at the Champs to meet his biggest fans.
The Champs
Usain ran in the Champs when he was 16. He won the 200m and then, running in driving rain, knocked more than a second off the Jamaican record in the 400m. Usain ended his 2003 season as one of the world's top 10 athletes in the 200m. Foreign sponsors and American colleges began queueing up to sign him.
Usain Bolt "I was really close to my mum. I've never really lived for long away from my parents, only like, a week, maybe a weekend. I was always with my parents. For me to go and live somewhere else by myself, was going to be hard. For me, I didn't want to go."
Instead of going overseas, Usain chooses the high-performance athletics centre in Kingston. For a teenager from a small village it's still an enormous leap.
Jennifer Bolt "It was really hard, knowing that he was so young, moving into Kingston and not having a mother around. At least he didn't have any women around at the time. We knew we'd have to get a helper for him. So you don't know what the outcome would be. It was really challenging."
Life changed rapidly for the young star. He signed a sponsorship deal worth tens of thousands of dollars and hired himself an agent. He was soon appearing on the cover of an international magazine and getting a taste of life in the media spotlight.
On 11 April 2004, Bolt shatters the 200-metre junior world record. To this day, he remains the only junior to run the race in under 20 seconds. 17 years old and the world's most promising young sprinter, Bolt looks set for stardom at the Olympic Games in Athens later that year. But a series of injuries means he is forced to bow out of a major athletics meeting in Kingston and it's clear he's not fully fit for Athens. But Bolt chooses to ignore advice and takes part, anyway.
Usain and Mum
2004 Olympic Games - Athens, Greece August 24
Wellesley Bolt "I didn't think he should go. He didn't merit on that team but they selected him. I knew he was not going to do well because he was not on par with his training because of his sickness and so forth."
Running with a torn hamstring, Bolt is eliminated in the heats of his first Olympic Games.
Sadeeki Bolt "A lot of people would have failed in Athens and never recovered. Not Usain, he just went along, enjoying what he was doing."
Following his Olympic defeat, Usain makes a decision that will change his life. He takes on a new trainer, Glenn Mills, then head coach of the Jamaican Olympic team.
Mills has moulded dozens of sprinters, including Kim Collins, the 100m world champion in 2003. For Mills, there is only one focus – the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Glenn Mills Glenn Mills
"He was recovering from a torn hamstring. the whole question of muscle strength and overall body weakness where some of the areas that we looked at. Well, he was young and inexperienced and didn't quite understand fully what it meant to be a professional athlete. He was always enthusiastic. He was determined to do well, but there were a number of things that we had to, you now, find a gem about this dedication to training, application, following up the little details."
At 6 foot five, and weighing 220lbs, Usain is unusually tall for a sprinter. Mills forces him to concentrate on strength and speed, pushing Bolt's body to the limit in weight training sessions lasting one and a half hours, three times a week.
Glenn Mills "He has some very special qualities, both as a competitor and as a person. He has the ability to focus almost instantly and he learns very fast. He's not a workaholic, but he will work hard if he ever finds himself in a situation where it is necessary."
Usain bolt "Yes, we can. Imagine me, black president, man. Fastest black president!"
Massage
The session today will be tough. This 30-minute massage prepares Usain for the pain ahead.
Usain Bolt "I think a lot of people, they see you run and they say, Oh, it look so easy. It really looks effortless. But, before it gets to that point, day in, day out – sacrifice, day in, day out – just dying. There is time when you run and you just want to stop. You just want to give up, say, to hell with this. I just want to go home. The day when you get up and you know you have a training today, you know it's going to be intense, like, oh, God! I don't want to go today, but you've got to. And it's so hard, and a lot of people don't know. My coach always says, 'In a couple of years, we are not going to have any track because you're going to take all at home!'"
Wellesley Bolt "I didn't think he should go. He didn't merit on that team but they selected him. I knew he was not going to do well because he was not on par with his training because of his sickness and so forth."
Running with a torn hamstring, Bolt is eliminated in the heats of his first Olympic Games.
Sadeeki Bolt "A lot of people would have failed in Athens and never recovered. Not Usain, he just went along, enjoying what he was doing."
Following his Olympic defeat, Usain makes a decision that will change his life. He takes on a new trainer, Glenn Mills, then head coach of the Jamaican Olympic team.
Mills has moulded dozens of sprinters, including Kim Collins, the 100m world champion in 2003. For Mills, there is only one focus – the Olympic Games in Beijing.
Glenn Mills Glenn Mills
"He was recovering from a torn hamstring. the whole question of muscle strength and overall body weakness where some of the areas that we looked at. Well, he was young and inexperienced and didn't quite understand fully what it meant to be a professional athlete. He was always enthusiastic. He was determined to do well, but there were a number of things that we had to, you now, find a gem about this dedication to training, application, following up the little details."
At 6 foot five, and weighing 220lbs, Usain is unusually tall for a sprinter. Mills forces him to concentrate on strength and speed, pushing Bolt's body to the limit in weight training sessions lasting one and a half hours, three times a week.
Glenn Mills "He has some very special qualities, both as a competitor and as a person. He has the ability to focus almost instantly and he learns very fast. He's not a workaholic, but he will work hard if he ever finds himself in a situation where it is necessary."
Usain bolt "Yes, we can. Imagine me, black president, man. Fastest black president!"
Massage
The session today will be tough. This 30-minute massage prepares Usain for the pain ahead.
Usain Bolt "I think a lot of people, they see you run and they say, Oh, it look so easy. It really looks effortless. But, before it gets to that point, day in, day out – sacrifice, day in, day out – just dying. There is time when you run and you just want to stop. You just want to give up, say, to hell with this. I just want to go home. The day when you get up and you know you have a training today, you know it's going to be intense, like, oh, God! I don't want to go today, but you've got to. And it's so hard, and a lot of people don't know. My coach always says, 'In a couple of years, we are not going to have any track because you're going to take all at home!'"
