LETTER OF THE DAY - Bolt: a legacy to be preserved
Published: Sunday | October 4, 2009
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Usain Bolt
The Editor, Sir:
Like everyone, I watched excitedly Jamaica's performance in Berlin, but I was in awe during Usain Bolt's races.
Now, after the thousands of encomiums, how as a nation do we record this legendary performance? Usain would simply say that while he was recording his personal best, it all began in his rural community in Trelawny. There is no doubt that he deserves national acclaim for his victories, but his feat and his ambassadorial conduct have been so skilful that we should take time to determine what the appropriate honour should be.
I suggest the following:
Sponsors and donors - national and international.
Agencies
CHASE
Advertisers
Others
Members could include:
Managers
Coaches
Other athletes from Beijing and/or Berlin
His appointed representatives.
Let us try to preserve his legacy because too much of Jamaica's 'immortal feats' à la George Headley have remained a postscript to history.
As far as I am concerned, we have a good seven to ten years for mature development of this concept, but if we do not do something now, we will lose the opportunity to make a real commitment to preserve Usain Bolt's legacy to the world'.
I am, etc.,
HORACE A. CLARKE
Kingston
