Fastest runner in the world!!!
Usain Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. He holds world and Olympic records in both the 100 metres and 200 metres, with times of 9.69 seconds and 19.30 seconds respectively. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he became the first man in history to break both world records at one Olympics, and the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win both races at the same Olympics. His name and achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt".
Bolt also distinguished himself prior to the 2008 Olympics. His 200 metres gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships made him the youngest gold medallist in the history of the competition. He became the first junior sprinter to run the 200 metres in under 20 seconds in 2004 with a time of 19.93, breaking Roy Martin's world junior record by two tenths of a second. He also set competition records at a number of junior events.
Bolt turned professional in 2004, but missed of his first two seasons due to injuries. This included a failure in his first round 200 meters heat at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 2007, Bolt beat Don Quarrie's 200 metres Jamaican national record with a run of 19.75 seconds. On 31 May 2008, after having run the world's then-second fastest 100 meters time of 9.76 seconds earlier in the month, Bolt set his first world record time of 9.72.
Michael Phelps
Fastest swimmer in the world and also the most gold medal in Beijing 2008 OlympicsMichael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer and 14-time Olympic gold medalist (the most by any Olympian), who currently holds seven world records in swimming.
He holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics; a total of eight, surpassing Mark Spitz, also a swimmer. Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin's record of eight medals (of any type) at a single Olympics (Dityatin: Moscow 1980; Phelps: Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008). Out of his eight gold medals from Beijing, five were won in individual events, tying the record for individual gold medals at a single Games originally set by Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games. Phelps ranks second in total career Olympic medals, after Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina, who won a total of 18 medals (nine gold) spanning three Olympic Games.
Phelps' international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in him being awarded the World Swimmer of the Year Award in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007 and American Swimmer of the Year Award in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007. Phelps has won a total of 48 career medals thus far: 40 gold, six silvers and two bronze. This includes all of the Championships in which he has competed: The Olympics, the World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships
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