Posted By: C. Harrison/April 11, 2015
HE TURNED NEW YORK CITY UPSIDE DOWN THE LAST TIME HE WAS HERE WATCH FOR THE UPSET JUNE 2015
USAIN “LIGHTING” BOLT IS COMING
New York, NY…..Usain Bolt will complete in New York City, June 13, 2015, organizers announced. This will be his first time back at the Adidas Grant Prix Meet, on Icahn Stadium in the line up of the Diamond League event.
Bolt who upset record holders in the sprint relay games in 2008, when he completed..won and set his first World Record in the 100 meters in 9.72 seconds at Icahn Stadium May 31. His world record now stands at 9.58 seconds and his 200 meters is marked at 19.19 flat. Bolt’s only other race in the United State after that electrifying night, was at the Annual Pen-Relays in Philadelphia, where he anchored a Jamaican 4×100-meter team at its 2010 Games.
“No one could ever forget their first World Record and I will never forget the crowd in New York that night,” Bolt said. ” They had to wait for an hour during a thunderstorm delay before our race and I don’t think a single person left the stadium. They deserved a great performance and I’m glad I was able to give it to them. I’m looking forward to running in New York again.”
Bolt the fastest sprinter alive is the first, to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting (The 100 meters, 200 meters and the 4×100 meters relay, both in 2008 and 2012. Bolt according to the Diamond League (IAAF), hopes to add to that legacy at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The league said that Bolt plans to retire after the IAAF World Championship in London.
“The Adidas Grand Prix via the Diamond League Event, has host two World Records and 17 National Records in its 10 year rain, and its fans have had the privilege of witnessing more than a dozen performances that were the fastest ever recorded on U.S. soil. The league noted that Bolt’s 2008 performance qualifies in all three categories.
The June meet will be the seventh stop on the international IAAF Diamond League Circuit, the Adidas Grand Prix is in its 11th year at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, in conjunction with the Randall’s Island Sport Alliance.
The Adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, offering a broad portfolio of footwear, apparel and hardware for sport and lifestyle around the core brands Adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade and Reebok-CCM Hockey. Its Headquarter are in Herzogenaurach and Germany. The group generated sales of € 14.5 billion in 2013 and currently employs 54,000 people across the globe, including 5, 472 in Germany as of December 31, 2014.
I must add that I was there in 2008, when Bolt won. You have not experience a sport game until you have seen this guys in action. Do not miss this Game.
