If you don’t know who Usain Bolt is by now then you have been living under a rock, or not watching the Olympics. In any case, Usain Bolt is the first man since the games resumed in 1896 to break the world record in the 100 and 200 meter dashes during the same Olympics. He also ran the third leg of the 4×100 Jamaican relay team that shattered the previous record heal by the American team that included Carl Lewis.

Many theories have been tossed around on the secret of the Jamaican team’s success. Drugs are the number one controversial story, but another has surfaced, slavery. The head coach says that since the Jamaicans have bee through so many slavery revolts that they are genetically predisposed to run faster than other competitors. Many scientists dismiss this theory saying that other races have historically gone through slavery as well. More on this subject as it develops.

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