Usain Bolt: from Beijing to London in pictures

Usain Bolt won the 100m and 200m double at the Beijing Games in 2008, setting world records in both events in the process. Since then he's had world championship glory, disappointment in Daegu and seen his dominance of the sprints threatened by his compatriot Yohan Blake
  
  


Usain Bolt: Usain Bolt celebrates
Usain Bolt celebrates as he approaches the line on his way to winning gold in the 100m final at the Beijing Games in 2008. Bolt clocked a new world record time of 9.69sec Photograph: Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images
Usain Bolt: Jamaica's Usain Bolt carries his gold running shoes
Bolt carries his gold running shoes after winning the 100m at the Bird's Nest Stadium Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian
Usain Bolt: Usain Bolt celebrates winning the Men's 200m
Bolt followed that up with victory in the 200m, again setting a new world record in the process Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian
Usain Bolt: Usain Bolt of Jamaica realises he has won the race
Bolt celebrates his new world record time of 19.30sec Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian
Usain Bolt: Usain Bolt
Bolt celebrates with fans after winning the men's 100m at the Golden League meeting at the Stade de France in 2009 Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP
Usain Bolt: Bolt of Jamaica signs autographs
Bolt signs autographs after winning the 100m at the Golden Gala in Rome in 2009 Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Usain Bolt: Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 200m final race
Bolt powers to victory in the men's 200m at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, breaking his own world record with a time of 19.19sec Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Usain Bolt: .Jamaica's Usain Bolt gestures after competing
Bolt points skywards after his 200m victory in Berlin Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
13th IAAF World Athletics Championships Daegu 2011 - Day Two
Two years later the world championships in Daegu were not quite such a happy hunting ground. In the 100m he was disqualified from the final after a false start Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images
Usain Bolt: Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates winning
But there was victory again in the 200m, with Bolt striking his trademark pose after the win Photograph: Olivier Morin/AFP/Getty Images
Usain Bolt: Jamaica's Usain Bolt runs to win the 100m
Bolt asserts his authority in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Rome in May 2012 Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images
Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt
But Bolt was beaten by his compatriot Yohan Blake in both the 100m and 200m at the Jamaican trials for the London 2012 squad Photograph: Gilbert Bellamy/Reuters
Usain Bolt: Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses during a photo shoot
Usain Bolt poses with his running spikes and official team uniform for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
 

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