Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he's still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the Beijing Olympics with the cheeky caption: 'social distancing'.
This file photo taken on August 16, 2008 shows Jamaica's Usain Bolt crossing the finish line to win the men's 100m final at the National stadium as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Sprint legend Usain Bolt stayed ahead of the field for coronavirus tweets when he posted a photo on April 13, 2020 captioned"social distancing" showing him crossing the finish line ahead of his competitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
It showed the Jamaican crossing the finish line at the Bird's Nest stadium in a then-world record time of 9.69sec, glancing round from lane four as his despairing competitors trail two paces behind. Bolt's chest-thumping celebration in Beijing added to a legend that grew further when he won the 200m in another world-record time. He retired in 2017 with eight Olympic gold medals and the current 100m mark of 9.58sec, set in 2009.
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