Jamaican Tourism Receiving A Bounce After Usain Bolt's Performance At The 2012 Olympics

Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt collecting their medals at the Olympics

The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper is reporting an increase in tourist bookings for trips to the island, attributing it to the "Bolt bounce." The newspaper of course is referring to gold medalist sprinter, Usain Bolt, who became a legend at the 2012 Olympics in London, setting world records. His race in the 100m was the most watched of the Olympic games. The charismatic Jamaican sprinter will once again be featured in tourism ads for Jamaica set to air shortly.

 

Prince Harry in Jamaica racing against Bolt. Now it's a race to find Harry's pants.

It would also be cool if in addition to the Bolt ads, there was also one featuring other gold medalists with Bolt. His training partner, Yohan Blake, has become quite popular. Humorous bronze medalist Warren Weir has also increased in stature.  

Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt and Warren Weir

Side Bar: Weir is on Twitter teasing his girlfriend over her love of cheesecake and complaining about putting 5 packs of sugar in his tea that still refuses to sweeten (LOL). Um, is it diet sugar? I tried a certain artificial sweetener the other day and I must state, it tasted like Chloraseptic sore throat medicine and made my tongue slightly numb. Is that how it works - it knocks out your taste buds so you can't taste your food, causing you to give up on eating, resulting in less calories going in, hence the term "low calorie sweetener."   

Side Bar 2: check out this thoroughly adorable picture of a cute little girl doing the Usain Bolt pose (Photo Credit: www.twitter.com/fionalcarter)

Usain Bolt Asked To Pose Nude For A Magazine And Guess What He Said

 

Usain Bolt: talk to the hand

Jamaican gold medalist sprinter, Usain Bolt, was repeatedly asked to pose nude for ESPN's magazine The Body Issue and turned them down, according to the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. His manager and publicist felt it was not in his best interest to do so, as he has created a global brand that is kid friendly. There's no need for him to pose nude. It's good for him to keep his business under wraps.

Diver At The 2012 Olympics Completely And Hilariously Wipes Out

 When Diving Goes Wrong

Germany's Stephan Feck gracefully walked to the diving board, ready to do what he had practiced for years, a gracious dive that would wow crowds at the 2012 Olympics in London. But it was not to be. In life, sometimes things don't go according to plan. This was one of those times.

Stephan Feck

Feck leapt into the air, but lost control like a bird hitting a glass wall, crashing into the pool back first (hey, I can do that). Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the back flop. Aw that had to hurt. Cheer up. It wasn't so bad (yes, it was). The video has gone viral. 

Stephan Feck's epic wipeout scored all zeros

Side Bar: I'm just teasing you, Mr. Feck. Hopefully things will go better for you next time. In all honesty, yours was my favorite dive of the entire competition (for all the wrong reasons). As a woman from the nation that gave the world the Jamaican Bobsled team (it wasn't always gold medals with Bolt and Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce), I encourage you to look at it this way. The Jamaican Bobsled Team wiped out like you did, but parlayed it into lucrative endorsement deals and a hit film, becoming the most famous group in the sport. Think about that and get yourself an agent.    

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