RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It began in a rain-drenched 5,000-seat stadium on an island between Manhattan and Queens. Some Jamaican kid with the improbably awesome name of "Bolt" was in the Big Apple, not so much to announce his presence to the world, but to figure out who he was.
We clambered into a van and headed over to Ichan Stadium. The headliner that night: American sprinter Tyson Gay.
Or so we thought.
Wearing a white top and black shoes — nothing flashy — Usain Bolt took off out of lane 4 for the men's 100 meters.