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...Given how quickly he has re-written track history, and the sport's varied sordid scandals with performance-enhancing drugs, questions about his diet were quickly followed by those about what else he might be taking in. That's the tragedy of track: it always pays to be skeptical. Bolt's fellow sprinters rushed to his defense. "I have no doubt [he's clean]" says Christian Malcolm of Great Britain, who finished fifth. "He enjoys the moment. That inspired Michael Johnson to run fast. Why can't that inspire Usain Bolt?" Crawford ignites. "People always assume you're cheating...
...Jamaica has no doubts. On August 17, the country's women swept the medals in the 100m. Right after Bolt's historic turn, Melanie Walker won the 400m hurdles on Wednesday. "I talked to the prime minister, he told me that everything in Jamaica is blocked off," Bolt says. "Everyone is in the streets...
...prime export: one electric Bolt...
...amazing Bolt can move at all come race-time. His pre-race diet would seem rather detrimental. On the day of the 100m, Bolt said he had only eaten two helpings of Chicken McNuggets all day. It's not a nutritionist's dream selection. But why mess with the routine? "My masseuse bought my nuggets, of course," says Bolt of his intake on Wednesday. "I'm serious. He bought my nuggets, because I didn't really want to go to the cafeteria. I came straight to the track and my masseuse again bought me more nuggets. And I just...
...secret of Usain Bolt's sprinting prowess, at least according to his Aunt Lilly, lies in a substance the precocious Olympic champion has consumed for years: the mouth-watering yellow yams she still cooks for him at Miss Lilly's Bar and Shop in Trelawny parish, deep in the hilly heartland of Jamaica known as Cockpit Country. "You can count on that," Lilly Bolt, 56, told TIME by telephone from the patio of her restaurant, where Usain also likes to dance to roots reggae music. And Bolt's performance-enhancing yams should not be confused with any kind of drug...