Usain Bolt has never been in doubt on the track. Nor did he care about the world records in his 16-year-long professional career. Yes! You read it right! In 2009, Bolt didn’t jump into the men’s 100m final at the IAAF World Championships thinking about setting up the record. But the competition in the race and the resulting adrenaline rush helped him to achieve the unthinkable timing in the event. This is so unthinkable that after 16 years of that evening in Germany, the 9.58 timing still stands. But if we tell you that Bolt himself had the best chance to reset the timing in the last decade, would you believe us? And there is something more in the story, Puma as well. Too much in one place, isn’t it? Let us break it down. In the 2012 London Olympics, Bolt took 9.63 seconds in the men’s 100m final to win the gold medal. The race is widely regarded as the fastest of its kind, with the average time remaining in the sub-9 category. However, Bolt won the race but missed the world record by a margin of 0.04 seconds. He could have brought it down. And this instance of missing opportunity still makes him thoughtful. In his conversation with Justin Gatlin and Rodney Green in the Ready Set Go podcast, Bolt reminisced over that missing chance of resetting his own record. But Rodney quipped something important regarding Bolt’s sponsor, Puma. He said, “You save Puma some money. That was a bonus. That was a bonus?…… They was in the box like, yeah, ‘OK, we got to pay him that bonus. Jeez, this boy keep breaking world records. Jeez.’ shoot.”The report is developing…The post Losing World Record Over Mistake, Usain Bolt’s Failed Financial Gain Involving PUMA Comes to Light appeared first on EssentiallySports.