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Prince Harry To Visit Bolt At Racers Camp
Published: Thursday | February 2, 20121 Comment
The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, will prepare to entertain royalty, with Britain's Prince Harry expected to call on the athlete at his Racers Track Club base, during his Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean and Central America next month.
Bolt, the triple Olympic champion, has already begun preparations for the London Games later this year, having set the tall target of bettering his performance at the 2008 Beijing Games.
On that occasion, Bolt claimed three gold medals - 100m, 200m and 4x400m relays - all in record times. Still, it is hoped that the sprint king will be able to take the time off to give the prince a few tips.
"We're hoping he (Bolt) will teach him (Harry) how to start," Prince Harry's private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton told UK publication The Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk).
However, perhaps thankfully for the prince, the two are not expected to get in the blocks for a duel to the finish line.
"I don't think they will hare off round the track together, thankfully," the prince's secretary added.
This will not be the sprinter's first encounter with royalty, as he is also a favourite of noted track and field fan, Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Invitation extended
The Monarch had expressed the desire to see Bolt run in the Principality and extended an official invitation to the sprinter for the Herculis Diamond League meet last year.
Bolt holds an impressive 9.58-second record in the 100m and 19.19 record in the 200m, both set at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
While in Jamaica, the prince will also pay a visit to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller who, interestingly, has already begun to examine the process of abandoning the Queen as head of state and adopt a republican form of government.
In addition to Jamaica, Harry, 27, will get to tour Belize and The Bahamas - all sovereign realms where the Queen is still head of state - from March 2 to 8.
Published: Thursday | February 2, 20121 Comment
The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, will prepare to entertain royalty, with Britain's Prince Harry expected to call on the athlete at his Racers Track Club base, during his Diamond Jubilee tour of the Caribbean and Central America next month.
Bolt, the triple Olympic champion, has already begun preparations for the London Games later this year, having set the tall target of bettering his performance at the 2008 Beijing Games.
On that occasion, Bolt claimed three gold medals - 100m, 200m and 4x400m relays - all in record times. Still, it is hoped that the sprint king will be able to take the time off to give the prince a few tips.
"We're hoping he (Bolt) will teach him (Harry) how to start," Prince Harry's private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton told UK publication The Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk).
However, perhaps thankfully for the prince, the two are not expected to get in the blocks for a duel to the finish line.
"I don't think they will hare off round the track together, thankfully," the prince's secretary added.
This will not be the sprinter's first encounter with royalty, as he is also a favourite of noted track and field fan, Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Invitation extended
The Monarch had expressed the desire to see Bolt run in the Principality and extended an official invitation to the sprinter for the Herculis Diamond League meet last year.
Bolt holds an impressive 9.58-second record in the 100m and 19.19 record in the 200m, both set at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.
While in Jamaica, the prince will also pay a visit to Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller who, interestingly, has already begun to examine the process of abandoning the Queen as head of state and adopt a republican form of government.
In addition to Jamaica, Harry, 27, will get to tour Belize and The Bahamas - all sovereign realms where the Queen is still head of state - from March 2 to 8.
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