The Jamaican Olympic Track and Field Trials begin today in Kingston (meet site here), and they have less fanfare than four years ago.
That’s because there is no doubt Usain Bolt is the island’s best sprinter. That wasn’t the case in 2012.
Bolt was beaten in the Jamaican Trials 100m and 200m by younger training partner Yohan Blake. Bolt still made the team in second place, but it meant that he went into London as less than the massive favorite he was at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Bolt reversed the Trials results at the 2012 Olympics, taking gold to Blake’s silver in the 100m and 200m.