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Usain Bolt Wins Lifetime Achievement Award At BBC Sports Personality of The Year Ceremony

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Jamaican runner Usain Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist, will receive the Lifetime Achievement honor at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. The 36-year-old Bolt retired in August 2017 after winning a total of 19 world titles.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008), London (2012), and Rio (2016), he won the 100- and 200-meter competitions. Bolt told BBC Sport, “I’m living proof that you can get anything you desire if you work hard.

“One thing my father taught me was to work hard for what you desire. I believed him because dad had proven it to me by working hard to support my mother, my sister, and myself. Just remain committed and make progress.

Bolt established the all-time mark for the 100-meter dash with a performance of 9.58 seconds in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. He is the first athlete in Olympic history to have won the 100- and 200-meter races three times in a row.

In Berlin, four days apart from breaking the world record in the 100 and 200 meters, he also won the first of 11 gold medals at four different World Championships. His time of 19.19 seconds for the 200 meters is still the best.

Bolt’s first taste of international success came from winning silver in the 200-meter and 400-meter relays at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. This experience, in Bolt’s words, “opened his eyes” to the commitment and determination required to reach his objectives. A missed start in the 100-meter race four years later in Daegu was yet another lesson in staying devoted to his goals.

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He said, “Everything happens for a reason. “I might have entered Daegu, won, and then made a mistake in the Olympics.

It helped me remember to stick to what I knew. It helped me stay motivated and focused.

The Jamaican broke records in Rio by winning a “triple triple” of gold medals at the Olympics, but he was forced to forfeit the 4x100m title he had earned in 2008 after teammate Nesta Carter tested positive for a forbidden substance.

After winning bronze in the men’s 100-meter dash at the 2017 World Championships in London, Bolt made the decision to retire.

Bolt added, when asked about his athletic career, “I feel accomplished. I completed what I set out to do in my sport.

It is a wonderful feeling to know that I was able to achieve my goals because to my tenacity and sacrifice. I encourage individuals to believe in themselves in an effort to inspire them.

Recall that other winners of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award include Billie Jean King, Pele, Bobby Charlton, Tanni Grey-Thompson, David Beckham, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Chris Hoy, and most recently Simone Biles.

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony will take place at MediaCityUK in Salford on Wednesday, December 21.

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