Presenting, The Honorable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ (Order of Jamaica), by Alfons Juck, Note by Larry Eder

Usain Bolt’s season may have ended yesterday, but the accolades are just about to start. The full diplomatic status is a quite a nice acknowledgment to the first athlete to win a gold medal in the sprints for Jamaica at an Olympics, and within one year, break the 100 meters and 200 meters twice!

Usain Bolt running 19.68, WAF, September 13, 2009, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Bolt with full diplomatic status
KINGSTON (JAM): Trackalerts.com informs that Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding will make his expected announcement, scheduled for Parliament Tuesday afternoon in Jamaica, in which world fastest man will be known as The Honorable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ (Order of Jamaica), Ambassador-at- Large with full diplomatic status. This prestigious national award has only been given to three of the countryâ€™s sporting personalities, track and field standout sprinter Merlene Ottey and cricketers, Michael Holding and Courtney Walsh.

Usain Bolt, “Doing the Bolt”, September 13, 2009, Thessolonika, Greece, Photo by PhotoRun.net.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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