10 facts about Usain Bolt that you probably didn't know

Usain Bolt was put on this planet to run. Arguably the greatest sprinter to walk the face of the earth, Bolt has a few sides to him that many don’t know. We are all probably aware that the great man has a goofy sense of humour, but do we know the more quirky bits about his life?

Here, we have tried to unravel a few of the facts about Bolt that will make his fans admire him even more.

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#10 He nearly survived a car crash 

A year after achieving superstardom at the Bejing Olympics in 2008, Bolt met with a horrific accident. An excerpt from his autobiography, Faster Than Lightning, reads, “I’d been driving through the countryside with two of my friends from Kingston. I gripped the steering wheel hard.”

The car landed upside down in the ditch. Surprisingly Bolt and his friends escaped unscathed from the incident but the Jamaican learnt his lesson from it. He thanked God and realised that he was born to run faster than any athlete, ever.