Usain Bolt Says Sha’carri Richardson Good For Track And Field 

Olympic Champion and music producer Usain Bolt says he thinks the rivalry between Jamaica and the USA in Track And Field is good for the sport.

Speaking with DancehallMag Bolt said American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson brings some new energy and attention to Track, which is not the most popular sport.

He, however, made it clear which side he was on in the rivalry, “Everyone knows I’m team Jamaica all day everyday,” Bolt said.

Bolt, who himself brought much excitement to the sport between 2004 and 2016, also said, “I am happy to see the Track meets taking place especially with the dominance of the Jamaican women.”

The Olympic Games held last month in Tokyo Japan after a year delay saw the Jamaican trio of Elaine Thompson-Herah, Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson leading 1,2,3 in a photo finish in the 100m race—similar to what Bolt and his team did in previous Olympic and World Championship Games.

Richardson, 21, missed the Tokyo Olympics after she was handed a one-month marijuana suspension, but she had dominated the US trials.

Bolt had no comment on Nike’s lukewarm support of the Jamaican athletes after the shoe company highlighted Sha’carri’s subsequent return at the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon in an ad, one day before she faced the Jamaican women. Richardson placed last in the race, while the Jamaican women recreated their Olympic finish.

Nike is yet to congratulate world record holder Elaine Thompson Herah or Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce on their main IG pages with 170 million followers, although they are signed to the company. Jamaican supporters from all over the world took to social media to air their grouse after influential media personality Debbie Bissoon tweeted that she would not be supporting Nike until they did right by Elaine. The tweet has since been retweeted and reposted thousands of times and the conversation reach as far as Africa.

Usain’s collaborative debut album Country Yutes drops Friday, September 3.

“I’m very excited for the world to hear “Country Yutes”. NJ and I have worked very hard on this body of work. It is my first full production as producer and we tried to tap into all the different subset of Reggae/Dancehall music.”

Usain was confident that the album would not disappoint. “We feel there is at least one song on the album for everyone,” he said.