Usain Bolt is not human

Hot on the heals of his victory in the 100-meter race Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the 200-metre final at the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin yesterday (Thursday), setting yet another world record. Ferreira Fernandes concludes in the daily Diário de Notícias that Bolt is not human: "In Berlin the doubts are rife. One day people are asking whether [South African middle-distance runner] Caster Semenya is a man, not a woman. The next they're wondering whether Usain Bolt is actually human at all. To answer the first question I need … a doctor from the field of endocrinology [hormone medicine] and the results of the tests and then I can give you an answer in say one or two weeks. For the second I need just 19.19 seconds. The answer is obviously no. Usain Bolt is not human. On 16 August 2008 I sat on my sofa and watched him set his world record in the 100 metres. On August 16th of this year I saw him set a new world record. On 20 August 2008 I sat on my sofa and watched him smash the world record over 200 metres. And on 20 August this year it happened again. It's not difficult to guess where I'll be on August 16th and 20th next year."

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